Date:  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 18:02:16 -0800

From:  seth sklarey <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IX.NETCOM.COM>

Subject: Re: skinny marink?



>Right--"skinny marink" was essentially the opposite of "fatso", but without

>the same degree of negative loading (it was more in the nature of teasing than

>insulting), for obvious cultural reasons. Seth, do you remember how it was

>stressed for you in Newark?  SKINny marink (with -marink functioning almost

>like a suffix, with no stress), or skinny marINK (with final stress?). The

>stress pattern explains why I'm confident in spelling the last vowel -i-, but

>have no clue as to whether the penultimate vowel is indeed -a-, or -e-, or

>whatever (cf. our earlier discussion of saluggi). Youth English as an

>untranscribed language...

>

>       Larry



It was SKINny mahRINK with more emphasis on the rink. It was usually

referred in the third person as "she's a real skinny marink."



Seth