Schnauze is snout --mouth of an animal- derogatory speech if used on
humans.
Hardy
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From: cornel fleming
To: 'HARDY BREIER' ; 'Berti Glaubach'
Cc: 'Miriam Taylor' ; 'CZERNOWITZ-L'
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 1:52 PM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Driving school
Hence "Halt die Schnauze!" meaning roughly "Shut your face!" Cornel
From: HARDY BREIER [mailto:HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET]
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 11:43 AM
To: Berti Glaubach; cornel fleming
Cc: Miriam Taylor; CZERNOWITZ-L
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Driving school
Writes Friedrich from Germany:
Not purr , Not Schnur but Snurre which is mouth in Low German,
or mouth beard .
Scroll down for what he writes
Hardy
Dear Harry,
according to the "Ethymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen" published by
Zentralinstitut der Sprachwissenschaft Berlin, (1.
Edition 1989, ISBN 3-05-000626-9),
"Schnurrbart" also "Schnauzbart" derives from the old Low German term
"snurre"= mouth / snout.
Best regards
Friedrich
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