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In a message dated 8/3/02 4:02:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, valent03@bellsouth.net writes:


> Can any list members recall referring to the enemy as "Luke?"  I'd really appreciate
> hearing about it if you do.


Janet,

It rhymes with gook. The name applied to Asians, mostly enemies, by US forces. Every Army does this. Not approved officially though.  Any enemy is designated by a degrading name during a war.  I'm sure that Nixon, upon meeting Chou En Lai and Mao didn't compliment them for their state of modernization for being Chinks.

BTW, I worked for the Kuwaiti government after Desert Storm, as the only American with a team of Brits, designing information systems, and the Brits made the concept of the Ugly American seem like a gross misunderstanding. The names they used in our private meetings were not complimentary in any manner or means. 

Sandy