[Sca-cooks] QED
rcmann4 at earthlink.net
rcmann4 at earthlink.net
Mon Jun 18 20:29:37 PDT 2001
On 19 Jun 01,, tgl at mailer.uni-marburg.de wrote:
> Jacob Grimm, the founder of the Deutsches Wörterbuch
> together with his brother Wilhelm (German dictionary on historical
> principles ..., 33 vols.), quoted an old saying:
>
> ich zimmere bei wege,
> des musz ich manegen meister han
>
> 'I am working at the side of the road, [i.e. language]
> therefore many people tell me what I should do better ...'
> (roughly)
Thomas,
Are you familiar with the Yiddish word, "kibbitz"? :-)
Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
now at a new address: rcmann4 at earthlink.net
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