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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Geschmuck #17950 02/02/2001 12:06 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin It's a play on words: either, as stated, circa 'Each to his own' (taste = Geschmack) OR, Each to his own jewellery/decoration (jewellery = Schmuck) aside: I've never quite got over 'Schmuck' for something that should be beautiful, its a bit like the German word for butterfly. I use Juwelen if possible but that's closer to jewels in English. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Sybaritic Alex Williams 02/01/2001 8:08 PM Re: Sybaritic Bobyoungbalt 02/01/2001 8:24 PM Geschmuck Father Steve 02/02/2001 1:03 AM Re: Geschmuck Capital Kiwi 02/02/2001 7:45 AM Re: Geschmuck belligerentyouth 02/02/2001 12:06 PM Schmuck Bean 02/02/2001 1:48 PM Re: Geschmuck Bobyoungbalt 02/02/2001 4:34 PM Re: Schmuck AnnaStrophic 02/02/2001 4:58 PM Re: Schmuck Bobyoungbalt 02/02/2001 7:43 PM Re: Schmuck AnnaStrophic 02/02/2001 7:55 PM Re: Schmuck TEd Remington 02/05/2001 9:17 PM Re: Schmuck musick 02/05/2001 11:23 PM Re: Sybaritic tsuwm 02/01/2001 8:31 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,387 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,211 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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