<VV> dimensions
ScottyGrover at aol.com
ScottyGrover at aol.com
Sun Aug 14 19:55:18 EDT 2011
According to Google, skosh is an Americanised version of the Japanese work
"sukoshi", meaning a little bit of something. "Smidge" is short for the
British English term "smidgeon", meaning a small portion.
Scotty from Hollyweird
.
In a message dated 8/14/2011 4:42:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
thesuperscribe at yahoo.com writes:
"Skosh" (spelled with an sh) was a slang term used by GIs who had been
stationed in Korea and Japan. My brother came back from Army service in Japan
in the mid '50s and threw it around. Levis once used it in a commercial
for a line of jeans aimed at older guys that were cut a little more fully
around the waste and crotch -- "a skosh more room," the copy went. Anyway, its
origins are Asian and maybe were based on what -- rice grains?
Smidge appears English to me, so I did some research and found that the
word originated with a 17th Century gal named Midge who was a sloppy market
operator; she spilled small quantities of sugar, flour and other stuff all
the time and folks began calling her "S'Midge." Ha ha, actually, I just made
that up.
Except it does look English, don't you think? In which case, it might have
ties to the Whitworth system or one of the other obscure English
measurement systems that are now out of practice.
--Tom in Ohio
From: James P. Rice <ricebugg at mtco.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 7:15 PM
Subject: <VV> dimensions
All: No. They are exactly the same length, only one is English and the
other Metric.
But I can never remember which is which.
Historically Yours,
James Rice
Message: 3
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:38:47 -0400
From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> MC adjustment
To: "'Harry Smith'" <harrysmith1957 at gmail.com>, "'Bryan Blackwell'"
<bryan at skiblack.com>
Cc: 'Virtual Vairs' <Virtualvairs at corvair.org>, 'Bob Gilbert'
<dancingbob at bresnan.net>
Is there a measureable difference between a skoch and a smidge?
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