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Re:Top Secret U.S. Navy System Heard Titan Implosion Days Ago by jhoechtl on Thursday June 22, 2023 @06:44PM (#36440203)
Is schtum jidisch? The german word is stumm.
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Re:Top Secret U.S. Navy System Heard Titan Implosion Days Ago by nielsbot on Thursday June 22, 2023 @06:46PM (#36440233)
Wiktionary says it’s an alternate spelling of “shtum”

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shtum

(English, from Yiddish)

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Re:Top Secret U.S. Navy System Heard Titan Implosion Days Ago by SpecialistK on Thursday June 22, 2023 @06:49PM (#36440269)
Yes, it's been adopted in Cockney English from Yiddish influence.
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