From: "Prigioniero Numero 6" <mucchio_selvaggio@email.it>

Hello everyone, here I am again, with my foolish project of translating Pythons
:)
Can someone tell me what 'schmarking' means? I suppose schmarking is just a nonsense, considering that Cleese plays the role of a pettifogging lawyer. Another hypothesis is that it's composed by sch (abbr) + marking, but... Can you please help me? :)


Italian citizens, join me in the great quest for the Holy Translation :D

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From: Analda Anglin <analda@nospam.hiwaay.net>

Hello everyone, here I am again, with my foolish project of translating >Pythons :)
Can someone tell me what 'schmarking' means? I suppose schmarking is just a >nonsense, considering that Cleese plays the role of a pettifogging lawyer. >Another hypothesis is that it's composed by sch (abbr) + marking, but...
Can you please help me? :)

You are correct that it is nonsense. It is a made-up word to rhyme with "parking."

Analda aka Sgt of the FAQ
analda@nospam.hiwaay.net

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From: "Prigioniero Numero 6" <mucchio_selvaggio@email.it>

"Analda Anglin" <analda@nospam.hiwaay.net> ha scritto nel messaggio news:j5c052lc64rpvmd2thsist27tfdpl1dgbk@4ax.com...

Hello everyone, here I am again, with my foolish project of translating
Pythons :)
Can someone tell me what 'schmarking' means? I suppose schmarking is just
a
nonsense, considering that Cleese plays the role of a pettifogging lawyer. >>Another hypothesis is that it's composed by sch (abbr) + marking, but... >>Can you please help me? :)

You are correct that it is nonsense. It is a made-up word to rhyme
with "parking."

Analda aka Sgt of the FAQ
analda@nospam.hiwaay.net

Someone at it.cultura.linguistica.inglese answered me that it's an yiddish joke: when you want to talk not seriously about one thing, you can change itas first letter with schm-: eg parking schmarking, nazis schmazis. Can someone confirm this yiddish use?

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From: Analda Anglin <analda@nospam.hiwaay.net>

Someone at it.cultura.linguistica.inglese answered me that it's an yiddish >joke: when you want to talk not seriously about one thing, you can change >itas first letter with schm-: eg parking schmarking, nazis schmazis. Can >someone confirm this yiddish use?

I do not know if it is Yiddish. But I have heard that style of speech many times, always when you're not speaking seriously.

Analda aka Sgt of the SchmFAQ
analda@nospam.hiwaay.net

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From: Gary Woods <garyusenet@earthlink.net>

Analda Anglin <analda@nospam.hiwaay.net> wrote:

I do not know if it is Yiddish. But I have heard that style of speech
many times, always when you're not speaking seriously.

Tom Lehrer used that construct in his song about Werner Von Braun (From
That Was the Week that Was, for those old enough):

Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown Nazi, Schmazi, says Werner Von Braun.

For extra points, all join in for a chorus of "Vatican Rag."


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

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From: "Peter Andersen" <don't bother@hotmail.com>

Prigioniero Numero 6 wrote:

:Can someone confirm this yiddish use?

Yes, I was given this explanation years ago, by a very trustworthy source.




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From: "Prigioniero Numero 6" <mucchio_selvaggio@email.it>


"Peter Andersen" <don't bother@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:4457d1e4$0$11671$456a7185@news.cirque.dk...

Prigioniero Numero 6 wrote:

:Can someone confirm this yiddish use?

Yes, I was given this explanation years ago, by a very trustworthy source.

Thanks :)

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