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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Questions about the Yiddish "Shm... thing" basemetal #205635 04/27/2012 3:26 PM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand Avy old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 In Hindi and other Indian languages, it is used to denote quantity in the sense of "more of the same". Example: The trucks-shucks (or vucks depending on which language it is.) were blocking the road. I went to buy sabzi-vabzi (vegetables). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Questions about the Yiddish "Shm... thing" basemetal 04/27/2012 1:14 PM Re: Questions about the Yiddish "Shm... thing" zmjezhd 04/27/2012 3:09 PM Re: Questions about the Yiddish "Shm... thing" basemetal 04/27/2012 8:35 PM Re: Questions about the Yiddish "Shm... thing" Avy 04/27/2012 3:26 PM Re: Questions about the Yiddish "Shm... thing" garygnu 04/28/2012 12:06 AM Re: Questions about the Yiddish "Shm... thing" Avy 04/28/2012 2:27 AM Re: Questions about the Yiddish "Shm... thing" BranShea 04/28/2012 11:13 AM 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

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