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ArchivesRe: There must be alot of diffrent people here from many different countries...
in reply to a message by Ivayla
The kanji for the Japanese word is '‰G,' and it's pronounced 'karasu' (ƒJƒ‰ƒX, as Ivayla said). Means crow, too. (From an online dictionary.)
The Mandarin I found in another dictionary was the same character as the Japanese, plus another one that I don't have in text form, and is pronounced 'wuya.' Also doubles for 'crow.'
The Mandarin I found in another dictionary was the same character as the Japanese, plus another one that I don't have in text form, and is pronounced 'wuya.' Also doubles for 'crow.'
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Hi Lilith!
I was looking for some genealogic data 'bout my family name - "Schmidgen" - on the net. And came upon your use of the word as a noun
(meaning "a litte bit", I guess) by chance. You used that word in a message posted December 20, 2001 at 9:14:20 PM
(", my religion after I've had a schmidgen too much caffeine").
Thatt was one of 5 uses on the ENTIRE WEB of my family name as a noun. Seems to be a rather unusual word?
If you know anything 'bout the origins of this word - u.s. region, culture, etymology, etc., please tell me.
Has there been some one named Schmidgen who was rather small? Or parts of him?
If you know anything about it tell me, please. Would be nice to find out why foreign people constantly abuse one's surname :-)
-Schmidgen
I was looking for some genealogic data 'bout my family name - "Schmidgen" - on the net. And came upon your use of the word as a noun
(meaning "a litte bit", I guess) by chance. You used that word in a message posted December 20, 2001 at 9:14:20 PM
(", my religion after I've had a schmidgen too much caffeine").
Thatt was one of 5 uses on the ENTIRE WEB of my family name as a noun. Seems to be a rather unusual word?
If you know anything 'bout the origins of this word - u.s. region, culture, etymology, etc., please tell me.
Has there been some one named Schmidgen who was rather small? Or parts of him?
If you know anything about it tell me, please. Would be nice to find out why foreign people constantly abuse one's surname :-)
-Schmidgen
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