[Sca-cooks] QED

[rcmann4 at earthlink.net]

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"?  :-)


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