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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread shlump #175301 03/29/2008 4:06 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Anu declaims: From Yiddish shlumperdik; I recently used shlumperdik and gave the derivation as being from shlump. it's probly indeterminate, given the source. on a related note, I read somewhere recently that the "sch" often given for transliteration of words like shlump, shnook, shnorrer isn't best. -joe bfstplk Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: shlump tsuwm #175302 03/29/2008 4:14 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Schlumperdinck wrote some beautiful music, you know, like Schansel and Schgretel ;0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: shlump tsuwm #175303 03/29/2008 4:26 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh transliteration Yes, but at this point it's pretty well established in many words that have been naturalized. I tend to use the YIVO romanization scheme (link). It's the most widely used academically and lexicographically. [Addendum: Looking 'round the YIVO site, I see that they have published a complete English translation of Max Weinreich's masterful History of the Yiddish Language. For anybody interested in Yiddish linguistics it's a must-have. Now I know what I want for nitl.] Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: shlump zmjezhd #175313 03/29/2008 8:39 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park I did a favor for a boss, and he wanted to tip me.. i didn't want to be comp'd with money.. (i didn't want to have the favor be considered something i did for money..i happened to like the guy and wanted to do a kindness..) he was surpried --but then asked how he could repay the kindness.. i picked up the History of the Yidish Language, and told him he could give me the book.. he was surprises, but i got the book! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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