"a day that will live in infamy" (in a positive way)

[Reinhold {Rey} Aman]

Alice Faber wrote:
>
> Ojeda was seriously verklempt at that point.
>
The spelling of "verklempt" is not Yiddish but German-Yiddish mishmash
(mis)used in American English.

German:  "verklemmt"
Yiddish: "farklemt"

The -p- between -m- and -t- in "verklempt" is epenthetic;
compare English "hamster" and "hampster."

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~~~ Reinhold {Rey} Aman ~~~

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