Re: OT: Junk/Dim S(ui)m
| From: | Isidora Zamora <isidora@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 16, 2003, 2:19 |
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At 09:45 PM 9/15/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Isidora Zamora scripsit:
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> > What are chotchkies?
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>Little things of no account, but possibly having sentimental value;
>knick-knacks, bric-a-brac. Also females with more looks than brains.
>It's Yiddish < Slavic.
My first thought when I saw the it was that it closely resembled the
Russian word for "prayer rope," which is chotki. I'm sure there's no
actual connection between the two words, though.
Isidora
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