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Oy vey is Meer!
Just for the record, the correct spelling is Yiddish. Yid·dish ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ydsh) n. The language historically of Ashkenazic Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, resulting from a fusion of elements derived principally from medieval German dialects and secondarily from Hebrew and Aramaic, various Slavic languages, and Old French and Old Italian. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Yiddish yidish, Jewish, Yiddish, from Middle High German jüdisch, Jewish, from jude, jüde, Jew, from Old High German judo, from Latin Idaeus. See Jew.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yiddish adj. [Download or Buy Now] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Yiddish n : a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script [syn: Yiddish] Zay Gizoont! |
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by tower:
Oy vey is Meer! Just for the record, the correct spelling is Yiddish. Yid·dish ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ydsh) n. The language historically of Ashkenazic Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, resulting from a fusion of elements derived principally from medieval German dialects and secondarily from Hebrew and Aramaic, various Slavic languages, and Old French and Old Italian. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Yiddish yidish, Jewish, Yiddish, from Middle High German jüdisch, Jewish, from jude, jüde, Jew, from Old High German judo, from Latin Idaeus. See Jew.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yiddish adj. [Download or Buy Now] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Yiddish n : a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script [syn: Yiddish] Zay Gizoont! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Huh ![]() |
Oy vey is Meer! (lit. Woe is me ~~ Oh my goodness)
Zay Gizoont! (lit. Be Healthy! ~~ Be Well) |
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