I don't think so. Pound is fairly accurate in his spelling of German words, and the context seems other.
Tim Romano
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> Is it German word Schatzchen?
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> > Are the 'Schaschan' to whom Pound alludes at the end of broadcast
> > #43 (31 May 1942) entitled 'Brain Trust: Second Spasm' --"Who
> > are the Schaschan? I ask you?"-- the _Shashai_ mentioned at the
> > end of the Book of Ezra?
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> > Tim Romano
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> Hideo Nogami
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