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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #85586 - 11/04/02 02:26 PM cumshaw variant   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From Internet: "I can remember the "Submarine Races." I remember the long walk from the sub piers to the Bushnell tied up on the far side. I was the only non-qual EM for awhile so I made the walk chasing down parts. I got pretty good at this. (Cumshaw Artist, I think that's how you spell it.) I was on the Atule (SS-403). One of our air conditioning units "quit" and was beyond repair. I was told that there was another unit in the warehouse but it was for the Tirante (SS-420). (Sorry T-Spoon) It was a 125-ton unit. (huge for the times) The warehouseman would not issue it to us. To make this story short I "borrow" a uniform from a new Ensign, a "cherry-picker", one engineman, two other electricians, and without any rank or name tag I walked into the warehouse and stated that we were from the Tirante and came for our A/C unit. (I was 19 and looked 15) The warehouseman ensured that I signed all the copies of this form and that form and many others before he would release the air conditioning unit. I told him his dedication to duty and to the Navy would not go unnoticed. If we could have run back to the boat we would have. We all worked until the "wee hours" and got underway for Gitmo that next day. The captain noticed that the boat was exceptionally cool and started to ask but just turned away. Oh yea, on the way back to the Atule, I found a new movie projector just sitting there. It kept saying "take me, take me". At 19 I hadn't heard that much, so I couldn't resist……….." Gary Walker EM2(SS) AThere was also the useful term "liberate" as a euphemism for unlawful conversion of property. #85587 - 11/04/02 04:37 PM Re: cumshaw variant   Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 7 Tomghaji stranger Tomghaji   stranger Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 7 Beijing, P.R.C Surprised to find that 'cumshaw' comes from Xianmen dialect, China:) But this dialect is one of the most difficult dialects of Chinese! Though I was born in its neighbour province, it is hard for me to learn:( Tomghaji From The T'ang Dynasty, China :) Tomghaji, guy from the T'ang Dynasty:-) #208584 - 12/31/12 08:16 PM Re: cumshaw variant [Re: wwh]   Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1 ren stranger ren   stranger Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1 Subject: cumshaw Definition: Handout to beggars Not being Chinese, I've lived in China, off and on, for over 20 years. I have never seen "cumshaw" in print until your E-mail. Very few of the Chinese I know (from all over China) ever even heard of it. It most certainly is not used in Chinese as a "tip" or a "gift". The word probably originated in China among foreigners, especially tourists and beggars. While in China, I have come across the word numerous times. The word was always pronounced "kumashaw". And, was never used in any sense than the arabic "baksheesh". And, only in the sense of a "handout to beggars." #208590 - 12/31/12 10:05 PM Re: cumshaw variant [Re: wwh]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Thanks you, ren, for throwing informed light on this strange word. Welcome to the Board! I'm immortal until proven otherwise #208592 - 12/31/12 10:28 PM Re: cumshaw variant [Re: Rhubarb Commando]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass "ten years after", as it were. #208594 - 12/31/12 10:36 PM Re: cumshaw variant [Re: wwh]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK It is, therefore, a considered response, perhaps? I'm immortal until proven otherwise #208601 - 01/01/13 01:08 AM Re: cumshaw variant [Re: wwh]   Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2 Chris Conradi stranger Chris Conradi   stranger Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2 Dallas, TX, USA The comments in the weekly roundup reminded me of this true story. About 12-15 years ago, a fellow I worked with, Mike, was in charge of putting together a proposal for a prospective client. The project team included Carl, a consultant from another office. As it was getting down to the wire Mike began to wonder why he hadn't received a package of material from Carl for the proposal. Carl said it had been e-mailed through the company's system. Mike said he had never received it. There followed two hours of panic, with the denouement being the discovery that the company's spam/porn filters had quarantined the document, because Carl had said in his bio that he had graduated magna cum laude. 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. 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