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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Bubba Maisa #142460 04/25/2005 11:22 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City X-Thread From Yiddish, a local (New York City) loan word, in certain circles: More or less literally: "Granny Fact" "Old Wives Tale" In the Hebrew, or, perhaps, Aramaic, of the Talmud, a "Maisa" is a deed. One asks for "Halacha L'maisa," or "The Law in application" that is, what you actually do. It can also be used to mean fact. Someone tells you something astonishing and you say "L'maisa?" or "Really?" Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Bubba Maisa #142461 04/26/2005 9:38 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Someone tells you something astonishing and you say "L'maisa?" or "Really?" Indeed! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Bubba Maisa #142462 04/26/2005 12:01 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK ...and word. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Bubba Maisa #142463 04/27/2005 8:14 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City ...and fact. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Bubba Maisa inselpeter #229188 05/01/2019 7:00 PM Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 1 chacham stranger chacham stranger Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 1 Bubba maisa does not come from German at all, it comes from Italian and Yiddish. The origin of the term is the Bovo Buch, where Bovo is the main character's name and "buch" means "book" in Yiddish. The Yiddish version of the book was adapted from the Italian version. By the late 18th century buch was replaced with maisa, which means story, and eventually was corrupted into bubbe maisa. The term refers to Bovo, a man who was not anyone's grandmother. "Maisa" itself means an action or a happening, which in Yiddish is used for story, as in something that happened. When people ask "L'maisa?" they are asking if it is practical, as in, something that they can or should do. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Bubba Maisa inselpeter #229189 05/01/2019 7:58 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Welcome ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard wherever it comes from, here it is chacham #229208 05/04/2019 5:04 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,062 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,062 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Welcome from me also. It's always nice to have a wise person on board. Note that this thread, while still accessible, has been inert for more than fifteen years. Don't expect a lot of discussion in reply. Finally - as an aside - I've always chuckled over the multilingual pun asserting that the antibiotic in chicken soup is Bubbamycin... Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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