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amother
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 Tue, Oct 22 2024, 2:29 pm
Schadenfreude
It’s a great word
It’s German
There’s no word for it in Hebrew, Yiddish, or English
We need a word for this, not an awkwardly jumbled multi word phrase
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amother
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 2:36 pm
Baalebatish
Or is that Balabatish
Can you say that in English?
Balabusta
How do you say that in English or Hebrew?
Also Yiddish words are so much more expressive in a poetic and emotional way.
Think of a person who is farblondzhet and a person who is lost.
I know they technically means the same thing but conjure up different mental images.
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amother
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 2:37 pm
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amother
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 2:40 pm
Mannerisms would be me mentchlichkeit but it doesn't compare.
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amother
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 2:41 pm
| amother Midnight wrote: | Baalebatish
Or is that Balabatish
Can you say that in English?
Balabusta
How do you say that in English or Hebrew?
Also Yiddish words are so much more expressive in a poetic and emotional way.
Think of a person who is farblondzhet and a person who is lost.
I know they technically means the same thing but conjure up different mental images. |
Affluent would be balbatish but maybe there's a better word since poor people can be balbatish too. Iykyk
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mirelcakes
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 3:07 pm
| WhatFor wrote: | Eidim are witnesses.
You think there's no single word for parent or fun in any other language? |
Eidim in Yiddish is son in law
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amother
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 3:09 pm
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amother
Strawberry
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 6:45 pm
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הרי in Hebrew. I don't think it has a straightforward translation.
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Arep
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 9:22 pm
Privacy would be Privatkeit
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amother
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 9:24 pm
| amother Strawberry wrote: | | הרי in Hebrew. I don't think it has a straightforward translation. |
Behold it’s pretty accurate
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amother
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 9:25 pm
| Arep wrote: | | Spry, but not really... |
No not at all
I think the word would be a cross between accomplished and capable, but neither of them have the connotation that geshikt has
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ittsamother
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Tue, Oct 22 2024, 11:02 pm
| amother OP wrote: | | Mannerisms would be me mentchlichkeit but it doesn't compare. |
No, mannerisms wouldn't be it- those are someone's specific habitual ways of behaving. With mentchlichkeit we're talking about specifically good manners and human decency.
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