Mr. Tom  +  954492 Tue, 27 Oct 09 03:23 PM Hi Could you please tell me the pronunciation of SCHLIMAZEL? Do native speakers use this word enough? Thanks, Tom Mr. Tom Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Regular Member 710 Tom Pronunciation, Speaking

	raindoctor  +  954713 Tue, 27 Oct 09 09:59 PM It doesn't matter whether native speakers frequently use a certain word; what matters, however, is: how they pronounce it when they see a new word. Their native phonolgy which they find hard to describe when you ask themputs some constraints on what are the plausible pronunciations of any new word. In this case, the stress falls on the second syllable; you may end up with the following two variants. ʃlɪ ˈmɑ zəl  ʃlɪˈmeɪ zəl raindoctor Joined on Sun, Apr 26 2009 Junior Member 68 Pronunciation, Speaking

	CalifJim  +  955945 Thu, 29 Oct 09 03:43 AM Mr. Tom “Do native speakers use this word enough?” I don't think that's the question you really wanted to ask.  I think you wanted to know if native speakers use the word often.  The answer is "No". CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,452 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Pronunciation, Speaking

	Grammar Geek  +  955951 Thu, 29 Oct 09 03:56 AM Of course, it's hard to avoid it if you get a sudden urge to sing the opening theme to the old sit-com Laverne and Shirley. Has it ever been used anywhere else? shluh-MAH-zel. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Pronunciation, Speaking

	Mr. Tom  +  956472 Thu, 29 Oct 09 07:49 PM I am grateful to you all.   Hulk Hogan used this tricky word in his autobiography.   Tom Mr. Tom Pronunciation, Speaking

	Yankee  +  957335 Fri, 30 Oct 09 05:16 PM I don't remember ever having heard the word SCHLIMAZEL (though I may have and just simply forgotten it), but it reminds me of another word -- one which I've heard: schlemiel (Not sure of the spelling...) Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,502 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Pronunciation, Spelling, Speaking, Writing

	CalifJim  +  957639 Sat, 31 Oct 09 12:02 AM Your spellings are correct. You don't want to confuse those two, however.  The schlemiel is the inept jerk who creates the situation.  The schlimazel is the victim who suffers from it.  My dictionary explains it thus: A schlemiel is a waiter who spills hot soup, and the schlimazel is the one who gets it in his lap. CJ CalifJim

	Yankee  +  957646 Sat, 31 Oct 09 12:17 AM Thank God you clarified that point, Jim. I can just see me putting my foot in my mouth by mixing those two up, thus making a real schlemiel of myself. Yankee Pronunciation, Speaking