i have heard that a schlemiel is one who spills his soup..and a
schlamazal is the one he spills his soup on......
rick

Bruce Young wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> The following quote is from a Scientific American article and uses what I
> suppose is Jewish slang and I was wondering what it means.
> 
>         "Call me a schlemiel."
> 
> and
> 
>         "... which schlepped me ... around Maine"
> 
> Schlepped, I've seen before and can guess. We don't often use Jewish
> phrases/words here.  Only really see it on "american" TV/movies.
> 
> thanks
> Bruce
> 
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