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#169723 08/28/2007 3:34 PM
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this mystery was resolved, between the interlocutor and myself:

the worthless word for the day is: jamfle

[Sc. jamphle < jamph, travel with difficulty]
to shuffle in walking, as if in consequence of
wearing too wide shoes {Jamieson}

"And in the morning I jamfled over to the YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research and their archives..."
- Glen Berger, Underneath the Lintel (2001)

(thanx to John Huston)


-tsuwm

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John Huston died 20 years ago today. Is this a coincidence, a connection, or a random tribute?

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yet another John Huston, so most likely a coincidence (although one shouldn't rule out random connections).

-joe (too much James Burke?) friday


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