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Re: HUMOUR: Pronounce This...

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 20:47
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 04:36:04PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Wesley Parish scripsit: > > > Schlimazel appears to be compounded from |schli-| ? and |mazel| - fortune. > > 'shlim' = evil, wicked. Germanic.
[snip] Mmmm, evil pun potential with "slim"... :-P T -- I haven't lost my mind: it's backed up on tapes -- CompuMan