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#74412 07/02/02 06:43 AM
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I learned Russian for some time (actually it used to be compulsory but I liked it) - a very easy language for us, Poles, as we Slavs have all the phonems in common. zh is only a transcription of the Russian cyrylic letter, which is pronounced almost like French j (e.g. jardin), though the Slavic sound's a bit more harsh.

We use z with a dot above it to denote the same letter.

Just to get back on the track: in Polish the word for muzhichok would be czlowieczek; the same mechanism as in Russian because it derives from czlowiek - man. An interesting word is staruszek - the "cute and lovable" form of starzec: old man - which itself originates from staruch: "male crone"!


#74413 07/02/02 04:08 PM
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Dear vika: Forgive me if this is a repeat. "Old fogy" is an old man out of touch
with changes in customs, clinging to outmoded ones.


#74414 07/02/02 08:05 PM
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Dear Vika: Gaffer (g hard). A title of address, as "Gaffer Grey," "Good-day, Gaffer." About equal to "mate." (Anglo-Saxon, gefera, a
comrade.) Many think the word is "grandfather." (See Gammer.)


#74415 07/03/02 09:24 AM
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us, Poles

Join the club Lukas , although in my case by blood only..

Have you seen our little Anglo-Polish sub-thread at and around:
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=73525?




#74416 07/03/02 11:33 AM
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Join the club Lukas

Yep, already joined it almost 18 months ago. I had a 'short' break but have been very cordially invited to come back and see what I was missing (thanks, Jackie ).

And I did follow your gowombki conversation although I felt forced to set off for lunch just in the middle of it...


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Yep, already joined it almost 18 months ago

Oh yes! How could I forget this one:
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=8677 ?
Happy days.

I also did the "short" break and return bit..
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=announcements&Number=71785

I did follow your gowombki conversation although I felt forced to set off for lunch just in the middle of it...

My last "Red Cross parcel" from my Mum has been used up, and it's more than a month until I see her next.



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Hi Pezcyclando©! On this side of the pond, the 'merkin one, we call them CARE packages. I get them, and give them too!


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Dear consuelo: you get ten demerits for using "merkin" to refer to USns
We thrashed that one out a long time ago. "merkin" is a pubic wig, and is a joke in very poor taste
by Marin county types. Look in up in Quinion, at www.worldwidewords.com

What color merkin do you wear?

http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/merkin.htm


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I just knew you'd be all over that one, Dr. Bill!
I'll see your ten demerits and raise you twenty, but as far as this goes:
What color merkin do you wear?
Even if I had need of one, it would still be "none of your steenkin' beeswax".



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Dear consuelo: My pubic hair has thinned considerably, but I do not plan on
acquiring a prosthesis for it.


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