Comments on Puzzle #36454: Old fashioned words #8
By Norma Dee (norm0908)
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#1: Spot (Pspaughtamus) on Feb 22, 2023
I heard that word a lot growing up outside of Philly, but I never knew how it was spelled. There was an ad for Levi's dress pants (I think it was Levi's) that had the line about them having "a skosh more room." I always thought it was Yiddish, or maybe from the Dutch, but I just Googled, and Miriam-Webster says: The word skosh comes from the Japanese word sukoshi, which is pronounced "skoh shee" and means "a tiny bit" or "a small amount." The Japanese word was shortened by U.S. servicemen stationed in Japan after World War II. Later, in the Korean War, a small soldier was often nicknamed Skosh.#2: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 22, 2023
Thank you for the history, Juli. Very interesting.#3: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Feb 22, 2023 [SPOILER]
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Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#6: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 23, 2023
LOL Bill.#7: Jota (jota) on Feb 23, 2023
Funny Bill!#8: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Feb 25, 2023
Love the comments lol! It never occurred to me that this was anything other than a made up nonsense word!!#9: Janice Moule (jmoule) on Mar 11, 2023
I thought the old-fashioned word here was service.:)#10: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Mar 12, 2023
You may be right, Janice. :)
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