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7. Yes, that is happening in English speaking places now.

Fri Mar 24, 2023, 04:46 PM

Mar 2023

It is a bit jarring at first, especially if you don't know the person is a member of the tribe. However, it is actually a common greeting in Yiddish. LOL! That, I found really funny and didn't know until I read, "Yiddish: A Nation of Words" by Miriam Weinstein. I highly recommend it if you are into languages...if not, well,. you might get bored real quick. Another one is "Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods" by Michael Wex, but, IMO, it isn't as good as the first book, but it isn't a bad read and is more colloquial than the first book.

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Rambam wrote a lot in judeo-arabic Mosby Mar 2023 #1

The word 'yiddish' has always bothered me The Blue Flower Mar 2023 #2

Well, Yiddish literally means "Jewish". Behind the Aegis Mar 2023 #3

An interesting thing is happening to the tern "Yid" in some Jewish communities, especially in the US Beastly Boy Mar 2023 #6

Yes, that is happening in English speaking places now. Behind the Aegis Mar 2023 #7

My favorite trick question on linguistics: What are the six Romance languages? Beastly Boy Mar 2023 #4

There are WAY more than six. Behind the Aegis Mar 2023 #5

Another interesting piece of trivia: the newest Romance language is Moldovan. Beastly Boy Mar 2023 #8

Most of the stuff sabbat hunter Mar 2023 #9