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Thread #64745   Message #1434582
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
14-Mar-05 - 02:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: English To English Dictionary
Subject: RE: BS: English To English Dictionary
Azizi, Lady Jean didn't say black Pittsburghers, as to either of those usages.

Also, I have some question whether that Yiddish set of terms, "nebish, nebesh" and so on, for "loser", has anything to do with the Pittsburgh neb and nebby. At least the quotation you gave doesn't indicate that, and doesn't mention being nosy.

Dave Oesterreich