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| re: Just curious. | |
| Posted by: ryhog 12:21 pm EDT 08/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Just curious. - TheOtherOne 10:58 am EDT 08/02/20 | |
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| It seems like what you are doing is hearing an expression in a foreign language and intuiting what you think it might mean in context. Moreover, you seem to be translating "nu" as "new" even though a quick google check will reveal that it is something else. I understand how one might not connect the dots to Jewish automatically, but at this point I think it is pretty clear that Nathan is just as Jewish as Tevye. | |
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| re: Just curious. | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 12:33 pm EDT 08/02/20 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 12:32 pm EDT 08/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Just curious. - ryhog 12:21 pm EDT 08/02/20 | |
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| This reminds me a little of a college friend who used to say "mercy buckets" without having ANY idea it was a deliberate mispronunciation of the French "merci beaucoups." (I remember asking "shouldn't that be buckups?" and he didn't understand what I meant.) It's also fun when someone who doesn't know yiddish says stuff like "schmuck" or "putz" and has no idea what the words really mean...;-) |
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| re: Just curious. | |
| Posted by: ryhog 01:46 pm EDT 08/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Just curious. - Chromolume 12:32 pm EDT 08/02/20 | |
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| this is probably not allowed but I will post it and suggest it is for educational purposes :-) | |
| Link | yiddish lesson? |
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