Re: kludge

On 12/25/11, guestu5er <guestuser.0x9357@...> wrote:

>> Of Yiddish <klots>

> Klots is a mere transliteration for English. The same
> pronunciation as for the spelling Klotz.

>> actually, from MHG <kloz> 'Klumpe,
>> klumpige Masse; Baumstumpf, Baumklotz'.

My point was not the spelling, but rather that the source is Yiddish,
not German.

Brian