Re: gunzel?

[keithm@commslab.gov.au (Keith Malcolm)]

In article <372e1403.0@iridium.webone.com.au> "Derick Wuen" <cullend@webone.com.au> writes:
>From: "Derick Wuen" <cullend@webone.com.au>
>Subject: gunzel?
>Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 07:27:09 +1000

>Newbie to group seeks info on etymology and usage of term gunzel.

>So far from this ng it seems to me that ....

>(1) Its a derogatory term used mainly by people from Vic and SA;

>(2) Perversly, the term is used proudly by one or two.

>Questions....

>(1) Is it a rude word? Can I use it in polite company? Will people north of
>Albury know or care?

>(2) What specific pattern of behaviour can be classified as gunzel
>behaviour? (Gosh I hope its not "if you have to ask about gunzels then you
>are one"!)

>(3) Is one act of gunzelality sufficient to have someone classified for life
>or is there something which can be done to earn redemption? (If the rule is
>once a gunzel always a gunzel, then that explains why some gunzels are
>making a virtue out of necessity by being proud of gunzeldom.) Is there an
>appeal court?

>(4) Word looks as if it comes from middle Europe. Old German folk tale,
>Hansel and Gunzel? Like to hear that.

>(5) Word is used in this ng as both noun and adjective. What is verb form?
>How is the noun declined? How is the verb conjugated?

>Perhaps notagunzel and the author of gunzelgram can help.

>Hopefully ......

>notsureifimagunzel

Often used to describe one who spends a large amount of time photographing 
trains. 

Dave Malcolm