Der Vortsman — February 2012
Whatever. Strange: Just as one reader asked a question, another posed a query that responded to the first — almost. Reader 1: “How would you say ‘whatever’ in Yiddish? I mean, the way that word is now used, dismissively, especially by teenagers.” Reader 2: “My parents used to say ‘nit gepidlt’ when they meant to dismiss something as unimportant. Does it have anything to do with ‘piddling?’” Der Vortsman informed Reader 2 that his memory or hearing was faulty…that the phrase his parents used was actually ‘nit gefidlt’ meaning “so I/you/it...
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2012 starts with triumphs and tragedies for Yiddish. Der Vortsman looks at Yiddish in the news in the new year.
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Der Vortsman reflects more on "capotes," on Polish influence in Yiddish, and talking horses.
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Der Vortsman — September 2011
Der Vortsman finds yet more tsores with Yiddish af der nets.
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