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amother
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Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 2:40 pm
amother Ghostwhite wrote:
Is nosh Yiddish? I always thought almuni was Yiddish.


Alumni, me too! Always heard it associated with yeshivos.
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amother
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Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 2:44 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.
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amother
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Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 2:49 pm
I used to think verbatim was a Yiddish word.
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Tanya1234




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 2:50 pm
My friend thought that hectic is a Yiddish word. (she used to say hectig)
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Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 2:53 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!
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amother
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Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 3:00 pm
amother Bone wrote:
I used to think verbatim was a Yiddish word.


Is it not??

I'm 50 and just learned something new!
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realsilver  




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 3:12 pm
GrowingUp wrote:
Haha! Now that you’re saying that, I used to think alma mater was a Yiddish word!


same here!!
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aisheschayil98  




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 3:14 pm
Hectic and chaos
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amother
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Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 3:16 pm
aisheschayil98 wrote:
Hectic and chaos


Are you Tanya1234's friend?
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Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 3:16 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
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#BestBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 3:17 pm
Pampers
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amother
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Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 3:19 pm
#BestBubby wrote:
Pampers



Noooo...really??
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  aisheschayil98




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 3:31 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…..
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ra_mom




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 3:50 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).
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amother
Eggplant


 

Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 4:00 pm
amother Lightcyan wrote:
We called burgers - schnitzel.


Are u my sister? Hi
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Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 4:05 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. 😀
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  realsilver  




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 4:20 pm
amother Eggplant wrote:
Are u my sister? Hi


no, many people do!
and the other type is called cutlets!
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  peace2




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 4:30 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
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amother
Cornsilk


 

Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 4:42 pm
Kudos. Like when you write kudos for so and so for doing xyz…
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amother
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Post Thu, Feb 08 2024, 4:48 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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