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jhoechtl
3y ago
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Is schtum jidisch? The german word is stumm.
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nielsbot
3y ago
Wiktionary says it’s an alternate spelling of “shtum”
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shtum
(English, from Yiddish)
SpecialistK
3y ago
Yes, it's been adopted in Cockney English from Yiddish influence.
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