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From: deb5@midway.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: Falsche Freunde [was Re: German/English words
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 06:12:52 GMT
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In article <32cc5a8a.6148249@news.cww.de>,
Albrecht Kolthoff <kolthoff@cww.de> wrote:
>On Mon, 30 Dec 1996 05:28:52 GMT, deb5@midway.uchicago.edu (Daniel von
>Brighoff) wrote:
>
>>Personally, I never got over seeing SCHMUCK plastered on the window of
>>every jeweller's in town.
>
>Please explain! Are you thinking of the jiddish "shmock"?

Exactly.  I had a similar reaction every time I passed the "Voegele" shop
in downtown Freiburg i. Br.

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