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Posted by Neredbojias on 03/23/06 11:58
With neither quill nor qualm, Mark Parnell quothed:
> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Neredbojias
> <invalid@neredbojias.com> declared in alt.html:
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> > Do you know what "schmuck" really means?
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> In German it means jewel (or jewelry); in Yiddish it means a jerk. I'm
> guessing dorayme meant the latter, but we'll see. :-)
Well according to a bunch of Jews on the outskirts of Chicago, it means
something else. I suppose, though, that could be a more-or-less local
interpretation.
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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.
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