The mind boggles. I heard and used shemozzle for 40 years, but I've never heard schmozzle. Must be a Queensland thing Shane!
according to wikipedia: Shemozzle >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia. Jump to: navigation, search Shemozzle (also known as Schmozzle) is an Australian slang word with Yiddish and Hebrew origins. It means chaos or confusion, and is likely to have originated from the word Schlemazel, or a person prone to bad luck. According to the book Australian Genesis: Jewish Convicts & Settlers 1788 - 1860, by John S. Levi and G.F.J. Bergman, the word entered Australian slang in the 19th century as the small local Jewish population grew in visibility. Other Australian slang words originating from the same source are cobber (friend) and shikkered (drunk). Schmozzle is also the name of a Melbourne-based independent rock group whose website describes the following: "Schmozzle is a Melbourne musician who used to be the singer/songwriter/guitar player in 1990s indie rock trio Peachfuzz. Schmozzle's nerve centre is a Mac running ProTools in a converted garden shed somewhere in the northern suburb of Coburg, near the halal bakeries and Greek cake shops. Schmozzle likes DIY musicians who make sweet sounds with frayed edges, and those who extract new brews from old bones. Plus bands that can rock and sway in the same breath." Ron ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
