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Re: out of topic: mauscheln & moos



----->"mauscheln", still a common word, which today means to jabber...
My German-Frensh dictionary translates it as "magouiller", which means
something like "to plot","to cheat" or "to deal secretly", familiar and very
depreciative.Interesting classical antisemitic image...

---->the term "Moos" for money ... comes directly (as "mauscheln") from
Hebrew/Yiddish (and its
German translation): Moyshe (Moses).
I once read that it came from the Hebrew "Maot".


Michal


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