The difference between a schlemiel and a schlamazel

By Edward Barrera on September 17, 2007 7:05 AM | |

"A Schlamiel is a person who gets a job in a restaurant as a waiter and as he is carring a tray of soup bowls, he spills it on a customer. A schlamazel is the customer upon whom the soup got spilled"

Certain Yiddish words seem to convey meaning perfectly. Safire's On Language column reminded me of that.

FRANK GIRARDOT

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