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amother

Magnolia

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 5:40 pm

amother Ghostwhite wrote:

Is nosh Yiddish? I always thought almuni was Yiddish.

Alumni, me too! Always heard it associated with yeshivos.

amother

Brown

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 5:44 pm

peace2 wrote:

Lol I totally get you!
I always thought dais was a yiddish or Hebrew word... like the Rabbis sitting on the dais at the dinner
Tumult like chavrusa tumult

Ok, I'm laughing; 'cos I'm 33 and you just taught me that 'dais' is not Yiddish Laugh

Plus I still don't know how to pronounce it!!

Maybe it's because I've only ever seen the word in a Jewish context.

amother

Bone

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 5:49 pm

I used to think verbatim was a Yiddish word.

Tanya1234

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 5:50 pm

My friend thought that hectic is a Yiddish word. (she used to say hectig)

GrowingUp

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 5:53 pm

amother Magnolia wrote:

Alumni, me too! Always heard it associated with yeshivos.

Haha! Now that you’re saying that, I used to think alma mater was a Yiddish word!

amother

Magnolia

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 6:00 pm

amother Bone wrote:

I used to think verbatim was a Yiddish word.

Is it not??

I'm 50 and just learned something new!

realsilver

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 6:12 pm

GrowingUp wrote:

Haha! Now that you’re saying that, I used to think alma mater was a Yiddish word!

same here!!

aisheschayil98

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 6:14 pm

Hectic and chaos

amother

Magnolia

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 6:16 pm

aisheschayil98 wrote:

Hectic and chaos

Are you Tanya1234's friend?

realsilver

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 6:16 pm

someone just used the word patriarch in a sentence and I was rolling. she pronounced it like matriach
( to be matriach someone, not matriarch of a family)
I see why she thought it was a yiddish word

#BestBubby

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 6:17 pm

Pampers

amother

Magnolia

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 6:19 pm

#BestBubby wrote:

Pampers

Noooo...really??

aisheschayil98

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 6:31 pm

Oh also “gusto” … I actually never heard the word before my very satmer husbands side used it left and right. I thought it was Yiddish…..

ra_mom

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 6:50 pm

peace2 wrote:

Lol I totally get you!
I always thought dais was a yiddish or Hebrew word... like the Rabbis sitting on the dais at the dinner
Tumult like chavrusa tumult

Lol about dais. The first time I heard it, I thought the same.

Tumult is yiddish.
Tumultuous is the English word (too-mulch-ooo-es).

amother

Eggplant

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 7:00 pm

amother Lightcyan wrote:

We called burgers - schnitzel.

Are u my sister?

Highstrung

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 7:05 pm

amother Brown wrote:

Ok, I'm laughing; 'cos I'm 33 and you just taught me that 'dais' is not Yiddish Laugh

Plus I still don't know how to pronounce it!!

Maybe it's because I've only ever seen the word in a Jewish context.

There are not many dayos of how to pronounce dais. 😀

realsilver

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 7:20 pm

amother Eggplant wrote:

Are u my sister?

no, many people do!
and the other type is called cutlets!

peace2

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 7:30 pm

amother Brown wrote:

Ok, I'm laughing; 'cos I'm 33 and you just taught me that 'dais' is not Yiddish Laugh

Plus I still don't know how to pronounce it!!

Maybe it's because I've only ever seen the word in a Jewish context.

Day-is but the s is soft

amother

Cornsilk

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 7:42 pm

Kudos. Like when you write kudos for so and so for doing xyz…

amother

Moccasin

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 7:48 pm

amother Green wrote:

Pulka is Hungarian.
It's the bottom part (drum stick and the other part attached to it) of a chicken.

It's just the drumstick
Hence the triangle is a לעבן פולקע ;P

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