blake wrote on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:46:55 GMT:

??>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
??>>> On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:58:48 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
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??>>>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
??>>>>> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:15:56 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
??>>
??>> thank you Modom)) I agree, he was mensch)
??>>
bm> i recommend leo rosten's (the guy cited in the wikipedia
bm> article) 'the joys of yiddish.' the examples he uses for
bm> the definitions of yiddish words are often quite funny.
bm> it's also a useful book.

I'd second that but it's "The Joys of Yinglish", I think! It's
surprising sometimes how someone's lack of knowledge can shake
you. Someone was recently called a "Naked Putz" on
http://finance.comcast.net/www/overview.html

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not