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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Yiddish #175028 03/24/2008 4:51 PM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1 Kansas City, Missouri Joe Medley stranger Joe Medley stranger Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1 Kansas City, Missouri I think comedian Billy Cyrstal would disagree with Singer's assessment of Yiddish. He told an NPR reporter a few years ago that Yiddish is a cross between German and Phlegm. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Yiddish Joe Medley #175031 03/24/2008 5:27 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada PS welcome Joe Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Yiddish Zed #175034 03/24/2008 5:59 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park I grew up in a neighborhood with many yiddish speakers, and could understand the gist of spoken yiddish --age 18 or so, i went to a play at 92nd st Y(MHA)and understood enough to get the jokes--but there are fewer and fewer yiddish speakers, (and i have less contact with those that do speak yiddish) NY(C) english is filled with yiddish expressions--we schelp things (in tote bags perhaps), we nosh (on knishes) , we kibbitz, and even a irish man (conan o'brien) is a mensch--(when he is not a fool!) we know the difference between a schmer, and smear, when we ess a bagel..(there is a ny bagel store, Ess a Bagel (yiddish for eat a bagel)--and we know what's kosher! and while movies and television have made some of these words know in most american english, they still remain common only in areas with current/former yiddish speaking populations. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,371 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,200 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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