Hi, >>>> [...] ferkakte [...] >>> >>> As a German, I'm now torn apart between being flattered that we've >>> successfully exported a German word to the U.S. and being >>> speechlessly shocked by the way spelling was b0rked in the process. >> >> I believe that it's actually Yiddish. > > yup: http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/dictionary/display.php?action=search&type=rom&word=farkakt > > still my bet would be that this Yiddish word has Germanic origins…. Here we see one of the *good* things about having an I-D cutoff deadline. One finally finds time to do /other/ things ;-) Stefan -- Stefan WINTER Ingenieur de Recherche Fondation RESTENA - Réseau Téléinformatique de l'Education Nationale et de la Recherche 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi L-1359 Luxembourg Tel: +352 424409 1 Fax: +352 422473
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