msliz
Drama Llama
The Procrastinator
Posts: 6,419
Jun 26, 2014 21:32:34 GMT
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Post by msliz on Jul 29, 2016 5:24:24 GMT
100% Another Jew
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anniebygaslight
Drama Llama
I'd love a cup of tea. #1966
Posts: 7,412
Location: Third Rock from the sun.
Jun 28, 2014 14:08:19 GMT
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 29, 2016 5:29:41 GMT
100% here too, by hazarding a couple of guesses here and there.
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Post by DinCA on Jul 29, 2016 5:57:55 GMT
100%. I'm a gentile but one of my best friends is Jewish. She taught me a lot!  |
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Gillyflower
Full Member
Posts: 129
Location: QLD, Australia
Jul 16, 2014 12:06:56 GMT
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Post by Gillyflower on Jul 29, 2016 7:32:17 GMT
Hrm, 100%. Odd.
Gilly.
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Post by anniefb on Jul 29, 2016 7:59:20 GMT
Another 100% but my family's Jewish.
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Post by scrappintoee on Jul 29, 2016 10:15:02 GMT
We're not Jewish, but my parents have always used a lot of these expressions, plus, I grew up with friends who were Jewish and from New York. I've also always loved Woody Allen's films; which I guess (?) have lots of Yiddish words in them. Also, as Lucy G said, many of these are well-known, commonly used words. There was only one I wasn't sure of, but I got 100 %.
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Post by elaine on Jul 29, 2016 14:47:50 GMT
100% here - but given I'm a Jew, not a huge surprise!  Ooooh elaine, could you teach me Jewish cuss words?  I don't really swear in Yiddish, it is more emphatic and there is always the use of "talk to the hand." |
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IAmUnoriginal
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,894
Jun 25, 2014 23:27:45 GMT
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on Jul 29, 2016 14:54:00 GMT
100% -- You Would Make Your Jewish Family Proud!
Ay yay yay!! Your family would be so proud of your Yiiddish! You totally grew up in a Jewish family and know all of the primary Jewish-isms! You've seen your share of big bar/bat mitzvahs bashes and you use these slang words very frequently. You are NEVER shlepping and we are very verklemptov over your score!! Congrats!
It has to be TV and movies, and maybe some of our Jewish Pea friends. I grew up in far western Minnesota surrounded by Norwegian and Swedish Lutherans. I was the oddball out being Methodist. I didn't even knowingly meet a Jewish person until my mid-20's! Then, I worked for a Jewish pharmacist. He and his wife spoiled me rotten when I was pregnant with ODS. I probably picked up a few expressions from him, too, I suppose.
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Post by femalebusiness on Jul 29, 2016 14:57:01 GMT
Ooooh elaine, could you teach me Jewish cuss words? I don't really swear in Yiddish, it is more emphatic and there is always the use of "talk to the hand." I was actually kidding but swear words in other languages always fascinate me. I have the sense of humor of a thirteen year old.  |
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Post by elaine on Jul 29, 2016 15:17:26 GMT
I don't really swear in Yiddish, it is more emphatic and there is always the use of "talk to the hand." I was actually kidding but swear words in other languages always fascinate me. I have the sense of humor of a thirteen year old. Oh, I hear you! I know an assortment of swear words in Spanish. I think because I learned Yiddish from my parents and grandparents, swearing wasn't included. The Spanish swear words I learned from friends.  |
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SweetieBsMom
Pearl Clutcher
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jul 29, 2016 16:55:55 GMT
100% from the Catholic. But in my defense I had a Jewish friend/roommate in college |
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Post by scrapmaven on Jul 29, 2016 17:02:51 GMT
Ooooh elaine, could you teach me Jewish cuss words? I don't really swear in Yiddish, it is more emphatic and there is always the use of "talk to the hand." I swear in Yiddish sometimes. For some reason it doesn't feel as wrong as swearing in English. Ya, that's silly. I use the word putz a lot. (Calling someone a putz is the equivalent of calling someone a dickhead.) femalebusiness , you've just learned your first bad Yiddish word. Oh, I got 100%. I've been Jewish since the day I was born. |
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Post by femalebusiness on Jul 29, 2016 17:07:47 GMT
I don't really swear in Yiddish, it is more emphatic and there is always the use of "talk to the hand." I swear in Yiddish sometimes. For some reason it doesn't feel as wrong as swearing in English. Ya, that's silly. I use the word putz a lot. (Calling someone a putz is the equivalent of calling someone a dickhead.) femalebusiness , you've just learned your first bad Yiddish word. Oh, I got 100%. I've been Jewish since the day I was born. Oh goodie. I'll try it out on my husband this afternoon. Hahahahaha! |
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gsquaredmom
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Posts: 4,107
Jun 26, 2014 17:43:22 GMT
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Post by gsquaredmom on Jul 29, 2016 18:30:28 GMT
100 percent by lucky guess. Never heard of most.
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Post by Zee on Jul 29, 2016 19:48:57 GMT
100%
I guessed on a couple but knew most of them, I guess from TV or movies.
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Post by KB on Jul 29, 2016 20:10:24 GMT
Another 100%. I'm not Jewish but I went to a predominantly Jewish school  |
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mimima
Drama Llama
Stay Gold, Ponyboy
Posts: 5,213
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Post by mimima on Jul 29, 2016 23:34:40 GMT
I'm not, but apparently well read as I got 100% also
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Post by scrappintoee on Jul 30, 2016 14:02:51 GMT
Since I was young, my family has always gotten a kick out of Yiddish words--well, ALL language, actually---we find words very entertaining, and love learning NEW** ones. Anyhooo, several Christmases ago, my sister gave us all those FUN magnetic word collections. If you've seen them (in the past, I only saw them at book stores); it's a cute little box filled with LOTSSS of individual words--we always had lots of fun sentences, short stories, etc. on our refrigerators  She gave different collections to all of us; (such as Love, Pets, Silly Words, etc). Mine was all Yiddish words---SO fun! And as I said, the little box contained a LOT of words; so we learned manyyy new Yiddish terms! Now I'm dying to see them again.....I have GOT to search for them-- they are here in my house SOMEWHERE! And, as I said above---my parents used lots of Yiddish, plus I heard them from some of my Jewish friends, and/or it was even MORE fun when the friends were ALSO from New York (because I've always loved that accent!) ..... **P.S....as far as learning NEW words----we had "those parents" who, if we asked what something meant, we were told "go look it up". I am grateful that we were encouraged to read, and to look up words ourselves; when they could have EASILY told us the definitions, since Dad is/ was a lawyer, Mom had a Master's in English Literature. hee hee.....my Dad happens to be visiting us right now, and during a few of our conversations; as per usual, he'll say a word that I and/ or both DH and I aren't familiar with. Our joke is that instead of asking him what they mean, I tell him "I knowww....I knowww.....I'll google it myself!" |
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