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Re: [HoE] Tuckus (was: Iron Oasis)
(as the Marshall in question . . . )
"tukhus"
I prefer to use 'kh' when transliterating the throat-clearing phonic found
so often in Hebrew or Yiddish. I forget how it was spelled in Bloom County
(but what do goyim know about spelling Yiddish words anyway?)
L'khayim!
Howie
----- Original Message -----
From: Machine-gun Kelly <mgkelly@netzero.net>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: [HoE] Tuckus (was: Iron Oasis)
> > (a no-prize to whoever finds the
> > proper way to spell tuckas)
> >
>
> Tuckus.
>
> IIRC, it's a Yiddish word. I first saw it in a "Bloom County" cartoon
> and my Marshal is Jewish and has used it a couple times :]
>
> MGK
> --
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