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'Red Sea pedestrian" - Aussie slang...

...for Jew.
According to Jonathon Green's 'Dictionary of Contemporary Slang' (1984).
  

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for Jew. [/nq] Red sea pedestrian? Holy Moses!

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  • for Jew.
  • [/nq] Red sea pedestrian?
  • Holy Moses!
  • Richard Chambers Leeds UK.
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[nq:1]...for Jew. According to Jonathon Green's 'Dictionary of Contemporary Slang' (1984).[/nq]
Red sea pedestrian? Holy Moses!
Richard Chambers Leeds UK.
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[nq:2]...for Jew. According to Jonathon Green's 'Dictionary of Contemporary Slang' (1984).[/nq]
[nq:1]Red sea pedestrian? Holy Moses![/nq]
And then there's the guy they call "Moses", 'cause every time he opens his mouth the bull rushes...

Cheers, Harvey
k'tish boom...the old ones aren't always the best ones...
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for
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[nq:2]...for Jew. According to Jonathon Green's 'Dictionary of Contemporary Slang' (1984).[/nq]
[nq:1]Red sea pedestrian? Holy Moses![/nq]
I'd've thought that it'd be slang for "equestrian".
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halcombe filted:
[nq:1]...for Jew. According to Jonathon Green's 'Dictionary of Contemporary Slang' (1984).[/nq]
So who do they credit with the origin?...was Graham Chapman in "Life of Brian" the first to utter it?...r
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[nq:1]On 23 Sep 2004, Richard Chambers wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Red sea pedestrian? Holy Moses![/nq]
[nq:1]And then there's the guy they call "Moses", 'cause every time he opens his mouth the bull rushes...[/nq]
See, Pharoah's daughter finds this little Jewish baby floating in the bulrushes and brings him into the palace for Succor. The standard litany of "aww"s ensues ... until, that is, some
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[nq:1]...for Jew. According to Jonathon Green's 'Dictionary of Contemporary Slang' (1984).[/nq]
"Monty Python's Life of Brian". 1969.
Cheers - Ian
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Ian Noble filted:
[nq:2]...for Jew. According to Jonathon Green's 'Dictionary of Contemporary Slang' (1984).[/nq]
[nq:1]"Monty Python's Life of Brian". 1969.[/nq]
Must have been an early draft..r
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[nq:1]Ian Noble filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]"Monty Python's Life of Brian". 1969.[/nq]
[nq:1]Must have been an early draft..r[/nq]
Fatidic, even.
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[nq:1]halcombe filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]...for Jew. According to Jonathon Green's 'Dictionary of Contemporary Slang' (1984).[/nq]
[nq:1]So who do they credit with the origin?...was Graham Chapman in "Life of Brian" the first to utter it?...r[/nq]
Well, it's sitting over there on the shelf, and I haven't watched it for a few years, and I've been thinking about it after re- watching "The Holy
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