[Milsurplus] S* Word

[J. Forster]

"Voila" is a contraction of the French: "Voi La" = roughly "see that"

-John

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> 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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