The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65783   Message #1097751
Posted By: Charley Noble
21-Jan-04 - 08:09 AM
Thread Name: Miskin @ Easter 2004
Subject: RE: Miskin @ Easter 2004
What does "Miskin" actually mean? I'm curious because it's also a phrase we learned in Ethiopia during our Peace Corps days which meant "poor little unfortunate one." The street beggars would chorus the phrase as they entreated passerbys for handouts. We would use the same phrase for ourselves after a hard day of teaching.

Maybe Ethiopians were the original settlers of Wales?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble