Is this an affectionate term in German?
I seem to be hearing rumblings that it means 'Papa' or something to that effect. Can anyone clear that up for me?

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Sepp is the bavarian /austrian abbrevation for the first name "Joseph", aka "Jim" for James.

Joseph (Sepp) is a very common first name in southern Germany / Austria.

Nowadays it's also a slang name used to label somebody as being a little, well, simple: "What kind of Sepp is that?"

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Andy beat me to it. I could have answered that because I am now reading Hitlers Gladiator, an excellent book that Stevin was kind enough to give to me last year. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Heres another one for you:

HAJO is short for Hans-Joachim as in: Hajo Hermann.

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I am guessing the modern slang term would be from the same root as the Yidish 'sleppe' meaning simple person.

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I knew the HAJO term. Thanks for clearing it up guys.

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett