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| Barbra Streisand points the way | |
| Posted by: Billhaven 06:00 pm EDT 08/03/20 | |
| In reply to: re: i've always assumed it was "so new?" and it always made sense that way - Chazwaza 02:41 pm EDT 08/03/20 | |
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| Her very popular recording of SECOND HAND ROSE ends with "NU?". She isn't saying "NEW?" and neither is Nathan Detroit. It's true many Gentile viewers might not understand either of them but Jewish audiences of the 50s certainly did. | |
| Link | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCtrcAp3TEY |
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| re: Barbra Streisand points the way | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 04:41 am EDT 08/04/20 | |
| In reply to: Barbra Streisand points the way - Billhaven 06:00 pm EDT 08/03/20 | |
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| Okay... so Jewish New Yorkers in the 50s knew. Nu? I didn't know. I would never have known she wasn't saying "nue" again there, or "new" or "knew"... all homonyms and words we use constantly in this language (the language these shows are written in). In this song it makes little difference if you don't know - it's either a fun tag if you know or a cute but maybe confusing tag if you don't --- the rest of the song doesn't rely on audiences or listeners knowing the yiddish word "nu". Unlike "Sue Me", in the case of "Second Hand Rose" it doesn't actually make sense if the word you think you hear is "new" (or "knew" for that matter), but unlike "Sue Me" it doesn't really matter if you get it or if it makes sense or not. |
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| re: Barbra Streisand points the way | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:27 pm EDT 08/03/20 | |
| In reply to: Barbra Streisand points the way - Billhaven 06:00 pm EDT 08/03/20 | |
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| Gentile? Is that still a term, lol? It sounds like...biblical times. (Biblical times? Oh, those biblical times...!!) I tend to think non-Jewish is perfectly ok to say. ;-) |
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