RE: [Cz-L] Our love affair with the German language.

Hi Cornel=2C

=20

Kiczme (cusma in Rumanian) is a=2C mostly conical=2C fur cap worn by=2C but=
 not only=2C the peasants.

Smarkate comes possibly from Schmarotzer (parasite=2C free-loader) and was =
used in a derogatory sense for a low-life=2C =2Cuntidy person.

Kurt

> From: cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net
> To: mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu=3B annymatar_at_gmail.com=3B HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net
> CC: pheger_at_gmail.com=3B Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu
> Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Our love affair with the German language.
> Date: Fri=2C 10 Sep 2010 09:02:37 +0100
>=20
> Mimi...you and Annie are both right to an extent. These are called loan
> words=2Cbut do not affect the basic language spoken. For example.in Austr=
alia
> you can say"what's that doover??"meaning what kind of thing is it...and
> doover is derived from the Australian military in Palestine=2Cfrom the He=
brew
> "davar"....and this does not imply that the basic language is not English=
.
> Pierogi is panslavic..but Pirogen is also used in parts of Germany=2Cwher=
eas
> in Ruthenian the name is "vareniki". I too still call it a trapatchka=2C =
but I
> confess my ignorance...what are Kiczmeh and Smarkate???? Cornel

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