LL-L "Language use" 2010.03.06 (02) [EN]

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From: Hellinckx Luc <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language use"

Beste Ron,

You wrote:

P.S.: Talking about T-shirts ... Yesterday, in a Chinese supermarket here in
Seattle, I saw a woman of East Asian extraction wearing a T-shirt with Low
Saxon "De Smeerlappen" printed on it in large letters. I wanted to ask her
about it, but she disappeared in the crowd. Originally *Smeerlappen* means
something like "grease rag," and *de* means "the." Now, the German
equivalent *Schmierlappen* can also mean something that in English is
"sleaze ball" or "slime bag."


May refer to a Belgian movie. "De Smeerlappen" was released in 1993...I
wonder though if T-shirts last that long...even Belgian quality has its
limits ;=):

http://farm.imdb.com/title/tt0286128/

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium

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