Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Friday September 26 2003 18:43, Jim Hemenway wrote: > Not fair Buzz, can't find that in the dictionary. :) > http://www.asinine.com/essays/yiddish.html > > Buzz Hausner wrote: > > Or, as my grandfather would have said, slivovitz! > > > > Buzz > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Seth > > Rosner > > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 8:28 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] That's Kvetch With a "K" > > > > Confusing two different words with two different derivations and > > meanings. > > > > quetsch, as in a wondrous French plum-based clear brandy; and Don't think it's Yiddish. Try Serbo-Croation? When in what was Yugoslavia, it was the plum-based clear brandy. Often homemade. Gary - -- Gary W. Marklund Peoria, Arizona USA - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html