[Lexicog] Joe....

[Chaz Mortensen]

Hayim,

I think you may be right. It occurred to me it might be Hebrew or  
Yiddish.

-Chaz

On Oct 23, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Hayim Sheynin wrote:

> Chaz,
>
> When listening to Joe Schmoe, I envisioned the ethimology from  
> Hebrew. Shmo in
> Hebrew means 'his name'. So this sounds as Joe, what is his name.
>
> Hayim
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Chaz Mortensen  
> <chaz_mortensen at sil.org> wrote:
> > Scott,
> >
> > While it was a reference to Joe Wienerschnitzel or whatever his  
> surname is,
> > it quickly developed into another term for "the Average Joe." So  
> in that you
> > are correct. I can also think of "Joe" used in "Joe Blow", "a  
> good Joe",
> > "Joe Schmow (sp.?)", "I am Joe's [internal organ]" from Reader's  
> Digest,
> > etc.
> > -Chaz
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