RIP Mrs Wolowitz
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macrae1234
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RIP Mrs Wolowitz
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Re: RIP Mrs Wolowitz
Stuart just can't catch a break. --Bob
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Re: RIP Mrs Wolowitz
That gave me a God-awful visual.Bob78164 wrote:Stuart just can't catch a break. --Bob
Seriously, what's the Yiddish term for a pariah/jinx/Joe Btfsplk type person?
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Re: RIP Mrs Wolowitz
SchlimazelSpacemanSpiff wrote:Seriously, what's the Yiddish term for a pariah/jinx/Joe Btfsplk type person?
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Re: RIP Mrs Wolowitz
Here's an example of the word's usage, at 18:00 in this video:jarnon wrote:SchlimazelSpacemanSpiff wrote:Seriously, what's the Yiddish term for a pariah/jinx/Joe Btfsplk type person?
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Re: RIP Mrs Wolowitz
That could be a schlemiel also.jarnon wrote:SchlimazelSpacemanSpiff wrote:Seriously, what's the Yiddish term for a pariah/jinx/Joe Btfsplk type person?
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Bob78164
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Re: RIP Mrs Wolowitz
The classic distinction is that a schlimiel is a guy who goes through his life spilling soup at formal dinners. A schlimazl is the guy he spills it on. --BobBob Juch wrote:That could be a schlemiel also.jarnon wrote:SchlimazelSpacemanSpiff wrote:Seriously, what's the Yiddish term for a pariah/jinx/Joe Btfsplk type person?
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Re: RIP Mrs Wolowitz
But what about Hasenpfeffer, Incorporated?
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Re: RIP Mrs Wolowitz
Yes, schlemiel better fits "pariah/jinx/Joe Btfsplk".Bob78164 wrote:The classic distinction is that a schlimiel is a guy who goes through his life spilling soup at formal dinners. A schlimazl is the guy he spills it on. --BobBob Juch wrote:That could be a schlemiel also.jarnon wrote:Schlimazel
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Re: RIP Mrs Wolowitz
I looked into it, and Bob and Bob are right: schlemiel more accurately describes that kind of person. I also found out that, while schlimazel is Yiddish for unlucky, schlemiel comes from an old Hebrew name, Shlumiel.
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