Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Post for Vance Bradley

["Captain Nemo" <vulcania@interpac.net>]

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From: "Al Secor" <wreckdiver@usadatanet.net>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Post for Vance Bradley


> > Sorry, this is kind of off topic, but I can't find the word "skosh" in
the
> > dictionary. I know what it means, but I've never seen it spelled so I'm
> > curious why I can't find it.  Is it some kind of idiom?
> >
> > Stan

I always thought it was Japanese: as in "motto su'koshe, kudasai."  Motto
means "more"; su'koshe (the u is not pronounced, but kind of skipped over to
give a sk sound) means "little bit", and kudasai means something like "give
me" or "bring me".  (I might not be spelling it right.)When I was overseas
in the 60's, a "skoshi bit" meant a little bit: as in, "give me a skoshi bit
more."  That got shortened to "a skosh", as in trousers that have a "skosh"
more room in them.  Basically, a "skosh" is a slang unit of measurement
meaning a little bit, a tad, a taste, etc.

Pat