Re: HUMOUR: Pronounce This...
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 6:28 |
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On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 00:33:36 -0400 Roger Mills <romilly@...> writes:
> I believe it's _schlemiehl_ that's defined as: a person who kills
> his
> parents, then begs the court to have mercy on a poor orphan.
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Sounds more like a _schmuck_ to me :-P .
I've always heard it explained something like a _schlemiel_ is someone
who spills their soup. A _schlemazel_ is who the _schlemiel_ spills
their soup on.
-Stephen (Steg), brother of the Left-Handed Lithuanian
"aru."
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