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RainCaster

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2. A different view of Yiddish

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 01:28 AM

Nov 2021

The kind of people who spoke mostly Yiddish, which is a combination of German and phlegm. This is a language of coughing and spitting; until I was eleven, I wore a raincoat.

Billy Crystal, 700 Sundays

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Getting over the feeling that Yiddish is just for old folks [View all] Behind the Aegis Nov 2021 OP

I wish I had more; elleng Nov 2021 #1

A different view of Yiddish RainCaster Nov 2021 #2

Language death happens. Igel Nov 2021 #3

Wow. What a wonderful story. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #4