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Re: They Have a Word for It!

From:Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Saturday, August 4, 2001, 4:04
"SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY" wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, John Cowan wrote: > > > > My favourite 'untranslatable' Swedish word is _fika_, a verb, meaning roughly > > > "to chat with friends over a cup of coffee" (right, Daniel?). When I was an > > > exchange student in Sweden, we used _fika_ all the time, even when we were > > > speaking English ("You wanna go _fika_?"). Such a useful word. > > > > Wudda deprived Westerner. All New Yorkers know that the English for > > _fika_ is "shmooze". > > I've always used that word for chatting with someone in authority over > you. Students shmooze with professors when they want to get on their good > side without being a kiss-ass.
Right. That's how I've always used it down here. =================================== Thomas Wier | AIM: trwier "Aspidi men Saiôn tis agalletai, hên para thamnôi entos amômêton kallipon ouk ethelôn; autos d' exephugon thanatou telos: aspis ekeinê erretô; exautês ktêsomai ou kakiô" - Arkhilokhos