[meteorite-list] what is a... OT

From: Jim Wooddell <jim.wooddell_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 07:35:54 -0700
Message-ID: <leq4p78i15e6i8fnqnsj1aec.1370183633200_at_email.android.com>

I thought maybe it was like the ultimate wedgie!
Cheers!

Jim Wooddell


Martin Altmann <altmann at meteorite-martin.de> wrote:

>Hi Paul,
>
>Raspberry Tony (Himbeertoni) is a jesting and cuss word of the
>Austro-Bavarian language.
>The etymology is absolutely unclear, neither old references are found.
>Schmeller's Bavarian dictionary of 1827 doesn't know him yet.
>
>A Raspberry Tony is a person of very limited intellect, that is so
>excessively good-natured, that he put up with everything and is easy to
>short-change.
>
>There are in my opinion three possibilities of the origin:
>
>Either it's a literary character (of a forgotten piece),
>
>or it's the characterization by profession - somebody who is of such an
>imbecility, that he can earn his living only by collecting and selling
>raspberries,
>
>or it's a humorous derivation from the Strawberry George (often appearing as
>the boon companion of the Raspberry Tony).
>The Strawberry George in turn is a mishearing of the "archbishop", In German
>"Erzbischof" which sounds similar to "Erbeerschorsch". ("Erdbeer(e)"
>("Ground"berry) is the Strawberry, "Schorsch" is the Bavarian form of
>George).
>
>
>Best!
>Martin
>
>
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>[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Paul
>Gessler
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>Betreff: [meteorite-list] what is a...
>
>Can someone please tell me what a "Raspberry Tony" is?????
>
>Thanx
>
>Paul Gessler
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