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Originally posted by cologne1:
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Originally posted by MysTerry:
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Originally posted by cologne1:
Just to clear it up after invading the thread, the word is 'stumm' in German and 'shtum' in Yiddish and obviously in English.
I'm staying schtum.....
As I'm German, I'm staying stumm.
lol...You win
Actually, I wasn't 100% certain of the spelling after I wrote it..it didn't 'look' right, but it's how I've always thought it was spelt.
I've now found out that there is yet
another spelling of it
shtoom and it apparently started being used in the crimanal community in the late '50's...
Good job the HL's show is over..or I might have been accused of going OT !