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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Looking @ German 2 #22735 03/22/2001 4:26 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Websters online gives the etymology of "quark" as "coined by Murray Gell-Mann" "Quark" is what the German's call a fresh cheese that resembles guano. Colloquially, "Quark" means "nonesense." Unnamed sources tell me its usage in physics originates in Joyce's Ulysses. Of man, bird, and droppings, "Two quarks for Mr. Marks." The essence of matter is birdsh_t. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Those Darn Germans! Sparteye 03/13/2001 7:41 PM Re: Those Darn Germans! Anonymous 03/13/2001 8:34 PM Re: Those Darn Germans! wwh 03/13/2001 9:30 PM Re: Those Darn Germans! Capital Kiwi 03/13/2001 10:25 PM Re: Those Darn Germans! wwh 03/14/2001 2:14 AM Re: Those Darn Germans! Capital Kiwi 03/14/2001 7:12 AM Re: Those Darn Germans! belligerentyouth 03/14/2001 9:38 AM Re: Those Darn Germans! wwh 03/14/2001 4:54 PM Re: Those Darn Germans! Hyla 03/14/2001 5:42 PM Re: Those Darn Germans! wwh 03/14/2001 10:16 PM Re: Those Darn Germans! wwh 03/15/2001 3:22 PM Re: Those Darn Germans! maverick 03/15/2001 4:30 PM Re: Those Darn Germans! wwh 03/15/2001 11:36 PM Re: Those Darn Germans! tsuwm 03/14/2001 2:24 AM Re: Those Darn Germans! wwh 03/14/2001 2:52 AM Re: Those Darn Germans! jimthedog 03/16/2001 12:07 AM Looking at German inselpeter 03/22/2001 3:58 AM windows Sparteye 03/22/2001 1:29 PM eyebrows inselpeter 03/22/2001 2:21 PM Re: eyebrows belligerentyouth 03/23/2001 11:54 AM Re: eyebrows inselpeter 03/23/2001 1:10 PM Looking @ German 2 inselpeter 03/22/2001 4:26 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,374 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 34 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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