Talk:Smart Alec

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Ok... Isn't it an idiom? Why only the porn info? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.107.152.72 (talk) 01:28, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

'al1k' means 'clumsy' or 'stupid' in Turkish. [the third letter is an 'i' without a dot, which has an 'euh' sound] (source: Ingilizce-Türkce/Türkce-Ingilizce Redhouse Büyük Elsözlüğü, Redhouse Yayinlevi, Istanbul, 1994)

I understand a 'smart aleck' to be a 'show-off' who is not necessarily very bright, thus a 'smart oaf,' which would fit the above Turkish definition of 'al1k.'

I don't know where the Turkish term originated, but I think we should follow this trail across the Bosporus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mishenge (talk • contribs) 06:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)