On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Nytemuse wrote:
>
>This kind of leads me to wonder if "jhereg" perhaps means something
>outside of Brust's books. Anyone know?
>
Google is supersaturated with references to Brust's stuff (or the RPG
which was derived from his stuff), so that's no help.
However, I happened to notice the following:
The Hungarian for "child" is "gyerek" ("gy" is sounded something like
"dy", according to the intro to "Brokedown Palace")
http://consulting.medios.fi/dictionary/?language=hu&search=gyerek&allow=true
So I find myself wondering if SKZB changed the pronunciation of the
word slightly ("dy" -> "zh", "k" -> "g") to "jhereg".
(Perhaps he heard "gyerek" a lot from his dad, when he was young?
Maybe in combination with "szemtelen" (naughty)? :-) )