================================================ Subject: Origins ... From: "creed -7m3 - live" To: Date: Sat 25 Aug 2001 01:20:43 -0400 ================================================ I heard the phrase from people that were Jewish. But, I looked up the definition Yiddish and came up with the below definition. Yiddish Yid"dish, n. G. j"udisch, prop., Jewish, fr. Jude Jew. See Jew, Jewish. A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence. It is written in Hebrew characters. For schmuck, I got the below: schmuck n : someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric syn: creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook No definition regarding the origin.I tried German translation to English. It returned decoration. I tried Russian to English and got schyumuchk. I guess the translator could qualify the word as being Yiddish. Done... Jim On Sat, 2001-08-25 at 00:34, Keith P. Mears wrote: > Actually, I THINK the origin is Yiddish, but perhaps I could research it and > find out for sure. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr Mungo" > To: "Keith P. Mears" ; > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:30 PM > Subject: Re: Where I've been what I've been up too. > > > > k,thanx. It sounds very german > > > > Mr Mungo > > > > --- "Keith P. Mears" wrote: > > > Same thing as a "loser", but MUCH more > > > demeaning. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mr Mungo" > > > > > > To: > > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:43 PM > > > Subject: Re: Where I've been what I've been up > > > too. > > > > > > > > > > what on earth is a 'schmuck'???? > > > > > > > > --- Nikki Rau > > > wrote: > > > > > In a message dated 8/20/2001 10:13:00 PM > > > > > Central Daylight Time, > > > > > kthulu@COMTECK.COM writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know a GREAT many women who would > > > ardently > > > > > disagree with you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't disagree at all, I do not like > > > Ricky > > > > > Martin, he's such a schmuck. > > > > > > > > > > Nikki > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at > > > http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > > > > or your free @yahoo.ie address at > > > http://mail.yahoo.ie > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for > > > the Creed-Discuss list, > > > visit: > > > > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for > > > the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > > > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp -- Where am I? Who am I? Am I? I To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp