<VV> dimensions

[Tom Berg]

"Skosh" (spelled with an sh) was a slang term used by GIs who had been stationed in Korea and Japan. My brother came back from Army service in Japan in the mid '50s and threw it around.  Levis once used it in a commercial for a line of jeans aimed at older guys that were cut a little more fully around the waste and crotch -- "a skosh more room," the copy went. Anyway, its origins are Asian and maybe were based on what -- rice grains? 
 
Smidge appears English to me, so I did some research and found that the word originated with a 17th Century gal named Midge who was a sloppy market operator; she spilled small quantities of sugar, flour and other stuff all the time and folks began calling her "S'Midge." Ha ha, actually, I just made that up. 
 
Except it does look English, don't you think? In which case, it might have ties to the Whitworth system or one of the other obscure English measurement systems that are now out of practice. 
 
--Tom in Ohio
 

From: James P. Rice <ricebugg at mtco.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 7:15 PM
Subject: <VV> dimensions

All:  No.  They are exactly the same length, only one is English and the
other Metric.

But I can never remember which is which.

Historically Yours,
            James Rice

Message: 3
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:38:47 -0400
From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> MC adjustment
To: "'Harry Smith'" <harrysmith1957 at gmail.com>,    "'Bryan Blackwell'"
    <bryan at skiblack.com>
Cc: 'Virtual Vairs' <Virtualvairs at corvair.org>,    'Bob Gilbert'
    <dancingbob at bresnan.net>

Is there a measureable difference between a skoch and a smidge?



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