tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154048.post111210729215629012..comments2023-12-22T20:09:58.098+10:00Comments on the scent of green bananas: dress your tea in corduroy and salmonsantos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15941170936050458728noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154048.post-44844818124716070612007-07-27T02:34:00.000+10:002007-07-27T02:34:00.000+10:00Fun site - thanks for helping me pass the hours at...Fun site - thanks for helping me pass the hours at work. <BR/><BR/>I am assuming the title comes from a David Sadaris book? Me Talk Pretty One Day is a good one if you haven't read it yet - love him!Tiffany Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812614139070220453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154048.post-1112227957524234552005-03-31T10:12:00.000+10:002005-03-31T10:12:00.000+10:00ah, that is good to know. thanks, sensei!ah, that is good to know. thanks, sensei!santos.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15941170936050458728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154048.post-1112149312871831762005-03-30T12:21:00.000+10:002005-03-30T12:21:00.000+10:00It's a common yiddish slang phoneme (e.g schmo) th...It's a common yiddish slang phoneme (e.g schmo) that's unusual in English but used as a kind of first consonant replacing dismissive prefix with rhyming as in: <I>work, schmerk</I>, <I>spelling schmelling</I> etc. English does use the rhyming thing for expressions such as hanky panky, okey dokey, and achey breaky (the last isn't strictly true but subliminally annoying).<BR/><BR/>Lovely pics btw.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849240671473744463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154048.post-1112108772839770722005-03-30T01:06:00.000+10:002005-03-30T01:06:00.000+10:00er, yiddish rhyming slang? as in "fancy-schmantzy"...er, yiddish rhyming slang? as in "fancy-schmantzy"santos.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15941170936050458728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154048.post-1112107891422407262005-03-30T00:51:00.000+10:002005-03-30T00:51:00.000+10:00What's schmantzy?What's schmantzy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com