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Old July 13th 08, 05:16 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Jul 12, 12:45*pm, "Jofirey" wrote:

Must tell you, the word tuchas was one my brother was fond of using.
And I smile when you use it here.

My friend Mick used to say something was "better than a kick up the
tuchas" and I had to ask him what "Tuchas" were!

For some reason he's been in my thoughts more than usual - on Friday -
we stopped at the DLR (Docklands Light Rail or as it's locally often
called "Robo-rail!) station to have a fag and were standing where me
and Mick would wait for his train after we'd had our Monday drink and
I remembered the time we set fire to the handrail! Not as bad as it
sounds- the handrail was hollow and had a hole at the top and like
many hundreds of smokers who were having a quick ciggy before the
train came we used to drop the butts into the hole-one night Mick
thought his train was coming and dropped the butt down the hole but it
wasn't his train so he stayed to talk and after a couple of minutes we
realised smoke then flames started to come out of the hole obviously
we had set fire to the million or so butts ...after a minute the fire
brigade came and there's the pair of us standing there trying to
pretend it was nothing to do with us...

And it made me remember the time Mick was handing me a book I'd lent
him and dropped it so it fell onto the rough bit of grass behind the
platform so he decided to rescue it for me! Now the official line is
no station on the DLR is manned but they are certainly monitored so
within seconds the tannoy annouced "Will the gentleman on platform 1
at Bow Church DLR- stay on the platform!" so I called the control
office and explained my book had fallen down there and he was only
trying to get it (Not with much success, he wasn't exactly slim or fit
and by this point had got his tuchas half way over the partition and
was stuck!) Would the little "jobsworth" accept this- nope, by now
there are annoucements over the tannoy along the lines of "The
gentleman on platform 1 at Bow Church- Get back on the platform or I
will have to call the police", which then expanded to something
roughly along the lines of "The gentleman on Platform 1 at Bow Church
I don't care if you're stuck because of your huge tuchas- get back on
the platform!"

At this moment, we heard a very strange noise and this guy came down
the steps....on a unicycle! He vaulted the barrier and handed me the
book back then got back on his unicycle and waited for the train, Mick
somehow managed to get back on the plaform about 2 nanoseconds before
the controller did call the police- I went off and Mick told me later,
when the train came the guy wheeled himself onto the train on his
unicycle and stayed on it until a few stops when he unicycled off into
the night......

Funny memories!

Lesley

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Old July 13th 08, 09:50 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Lesley wrote:

On Jul 12, 12:45?pm, "Jofirey" wrote:


Must tell you, the word tuchas was one my brother was fond of using.
And I smile when you use it here.


My friend Mick used to say something was "better than a kick up the
tuchas" and I had to ask him what "Tuchas" were!


I'm curious - how do people pronounce the word "tuchas"?

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Old July 13th 08, 10:04 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Lesley wrote:

On Jul 12, 12:45?pm, "Jofirey" wrote:


Must tell you, the word tuchas was one my brother was fond of
using.
And I smile when you use it here.


My friend Mick used to say something was "better than a kick up
the
tuchas" and I had to ask him what "Tuchas" were!


I'm curious - how do people pronounce the word "tuchas"?

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I suspect it varies from place to place around the world, but I always
heard 'took us'.



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Old July 13th 08, 11:07 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Magic Mood Jeep ? wrote:

I'm curious - how do people pronounce the word "tuchas"?


I've always pronounced it "took hess" emphasis on the "took" and the
"k" sound having a lot of "ch" in it.


Yeah, that's how I grew up hearing it and saying it, too. I'm sure
that's close to the original Yiddish (which my grandparents spoke).
But whenever a foreign word enters the English language, the
pronunciation changes to varying degrees, depending on the word, to
accomodate the linguistic habits of English speakers.

From what I've read about linguistics, this is a normal part of word
acquisition. But I've noticed that different language-speaking groups
handle this differently. It's normal to look at a written word and
to pronounce it according to your own language's rules (mixed somewhat
with an attempt to pronounce it the way the original speakers do, if
at all familiar with the original pronunciation). On the other hand,
I remember when I was learning Spanish that borrowed words from English
woudl be pronounced very similarly to the English, but would be *spelled*
according to Spanish rules (ex: "beisbol" for baseball). This preserves
the original pronunciation, rather preserving the original spelling and
changing the pronunciation to fit in with the new language's speaking
conventions.

I think that's interesting - I wonder why English speakers do it one
way and Spanish speakers the other? And then I wonder how people in
other countries handle new words from other languages.

Over the past few decades I've heard words that I once thought of as
being known only to Jewish people, being used by anyone and everyone.
At first I was surprised about it. But I guess that just means that
these words are now officially English words.

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Old July 14th 08, 12:07 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Magic Mood Jeep ? wrote:

I'm curious - how do people pronounce the word "tuchas"?


I've always pronounced it "took hess" emphasis on the "took" and
the
"k" sound having a lot of "ch" in it.


Yeah, that's how I grew up hearing it and saying it, too. I'm sure
that's close to the original Yiddish (which my grandparents spoke).
But whenever a foreign word enters the English language, the
pronunciation changes to varying degrees, depending on the word, to
accomodate the linguistic habits of English speakers.

From what I've read about linguistics, this is a normal part of word
acquisition. But I've noticed that different language-speaking
groups
handle this differently. It's normal to look at a written word and
to pronounce it according to your own language's rules (mixed
somewhat
with an attempt to pronounce it the way the original speakers do, if
at all familiar with the original pronunciation). On the other hand,
I remember when I was learning Spanish that borrowed words from
English
woudl be pronounced very similarly to the English, but would be
*spelled*
according to Spanish rules (ex: "beisbol" for baseball). This
preserves
the original pronunciation, rather preserving the original spelling
and
changing the pronunciation to fit in with the new language's
speaking
conventions.

I think that's interesting - I wonder why English speakers do it one
way and Spanish speakers the other? And then I wonder how people in
other countries handle new words from other languages.

Over the past few decades I've heard words that I once thought of as
being known only to Jewish people, being used by anyone and
everyone.
At first I was surprised about it. But I guess that just means that
these words are now officially English words.

In part you can thank the Catskill comedians for that. And in part
people like my brother who just had a fondness for 'foreign' words.

Jo


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Old July 14th 08, 12:41 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Lesley wrote:

On Jul 12, 12:45?pm, "Jofirey" wrote:


I'm curious - how do people pronounce the word "tuchas"?


I have no clue at all being a Brit, but I would guess at "touchuz" and I
still don't know what it means.



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Old July 14th 08, 02:01 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Christina Websell wrote:
I'm curious - how do people pronounce the word "tuchas"?


I have no clue at all being a Brit, but I would guess at "touchuz" and I
still don't know what it means.


Say it like "took-us" except with the German "ch". "Like you'd say "Eccchhh!"
when you go for a walk and step on a fresh pile of doggy-doo. Your tuchas is,
as Hawkeye Says in M*A*S*H, "the derriere, the back of my front, the fleshy
part."

Apparently it's not exactly the most polite word among Yiddish speakers. Not
quite as coarse as the S-word, perhaps, but certainly not something you'd use
outside the immediate home surroundings, and decidedly not in a business
setting: something I learned the hard way. Louie and I went to our accountant
a few years ago to get our tax stuff in order. The young man brought a couple
of seats over for us, but both were embarrassingly small for me. You couldn't
fir a Barbie's behind in these cursed chairs. When the accountant asked if
everything was okay, I muttered that I was having a difficulty getting my
tuchas into the chair. In English speech, it is considered an acceptible
substitute for ass or arse. Apparently not so among people for whom Yiddish
is a part of the culture and upbringing. Louie had neglected to tell me one
little thing about the tax man, something I realized to my deep horror as the
man blushed down to his toenails and turned to get me another chair. I saw
the little black yarmulke pinned to his black hair, and waited until we were
through to berate my husband: "Schmuck! You didn't tell me he was Orthodox! I
just made an ass of myself in there."

The pun was intended, and now we drop our tax stuff into the night slot.

Blessed be,
Baha

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Old July 14th 08, 02:08 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Kathy wrote:

God bless ya, Baha. I believe you and Stosh will make it through the
weekend! Be careful of Buffalo Wings....:-)


Stosh was pronounced Fine and Healthy, though a bit on the chunky side, and
beat the snot out of the doctor when she trimmed his nails. She was also
genuinely surprised when she learned we had acquired Marilyn's cats; she
thought Stosh would have torn them to ribbons, but he is buddies with The
Fella and treats China-Dolly like a little lady. She could not believe we had
successful integration, thinking Stosh must be Sole and Absolute Ruler. The
truth is our home is an oligarchy and Stosh is a swaggering figurehead, the
true Mistress being Brandy.

We survived wings and all the other evils at The Taste. This year they
started offering smaller sample portion alternatives as well as health-
conscious options. I can proudly say I ate, and did not cheat, and can hold
my head high as I wipe the Frank's Red Hot off my lips.

Blessed be,
Baha

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