On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 02:23:45PM +0200, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote:
Dallman Ross:
Ruud H.G. van Tol:
Phonetically: <crimma-nale>.
Well, that sounds related to "criminal."
Yes, it is the same word.
Maybe <crimmuh-nail> is a better transcription.
Or <crimmih-nail>.
A criminal : een crimineel (of: een misdadiger, een boef).
That is criminal: dat is crimineel (of: dat is misdadig).
I thought the whole while it was yet another euphemism for Jesus
Christ, a la "Jiminy Cricket!" (Thanks, Walt Disney.)
It is too. Maybe the Dutch variant replaces "Christ-My-Soul"
(Kristemeziele).
<http://www.google.co.uk/search?as_oq=criminy+crimini+crimeny+crimine&lr
=lang_en>
Thanks, Ruud. The very first link is quite informative!
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20000209
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dman
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