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To: NCjim

It's so nice to experience the genuine care and concern Claus has for the well-being of the USA and her President.

How do you say shmuck in German?


5 posted on 05/08/2006 6:08:22 PM PDT by siunevada (If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
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To: siunevada

Schmuk is a German word, I think...or maybe it's yiddish?


6 posted on 05/08/2006 6:12:53 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Read the bio THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free! Click Fred Nerks for link to my Page.)
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To: siunevada

Have any Yiddish words come into English?

A. American-English is peppered with Yiddish words: schmuk, schlemiel, cacamaimey and gelt are all familiar terms these days. However, British-English assimilated Yiddish words, initially through various slangs, particularly in London, from the large-scale Eastern-European Jewish immigration into Whitechapel, east London, at the turn of the 20th century.



Q. Such as?

A. Nosh, kosher, chutzpah, schmooze, schlep and schnozz all spring swiftly to mind, though there are plenty more.

http://www.ibiblio.org/yiddish/shtetl.html

Looks like german journalists are as bright as journalists all over the world. Poor dear thinks it's cold in the US because the weather is miserable where he lives.




8 posted on 05/08/2006 6:22:12 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Read the bio THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free! Click Fred Nerks for link to my Page.)
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