[Milsurplus] S* Word

[Bry Carling]

Todd.  Walla is the German way to say voila.


"Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> Todd, so you are still maintaining that the belligerent lowlifes
>converted
>> a perfectly innocuous word into something offensive, despite being
>shown
>> that the  fellow at an estate sale is using it to try to be original,
>> clever,
>> without understanding its origin? Okay; this is America. Freedom of
>Choice.
>>
>
>Not in the actual instance of a word that is similar but spelled and
>pronounced differently. But that should be an obvious distinction as
>between the words sit and sh#t. Close, but not the same. In this case.
>one
>beginning with sm, the other an sh sound. The 'conversion' would appear
>to
>be more of a morfing into urban slang by casual use of the latter in
>place
>of the former.
>I believe Mike's original use of the term schmeg referred to the
>overall
>pile of equipment that came from a varity of places around the fellow's
>property; some of which were on the grungy/nasty side. Numerous pieces
>were
>far from pretty as well. When you put it all together, the term fit it
>well. Maybe like junky junk despite the good stuff hidden within. The
>fact
>that schmeg has made its way into the urban dictionary doesn't change
>its
>original meaning. Same goes for the word junk.
>The similarity isn't lost on me. I'm just not one to stop using a word
>like
>junk or schmeg because someone else has an alternative meaning they see
>as
>the proper definition. And I have no doubt that some folks referred to
>the
>pile of equipment as the 'smeg' pile for lack of knowing or caring what
>the
>difference was. I'd laugh at that if I heard it, simply for the obvious
>misuse.
>Probably far too much time and brain power spent on a pretty pointless
>subject, but it's rainy outside.
>~ Todd/KAQ
>BTW, I think the term wallah! is a corruption of the word voila!, if
>that's
>the way you're using it.
>"I plug this tube in, add the crystal and wallah!(voila!) - it's a
>working
>radio."
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regards,
Bry Carling

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