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magaretnahmias wrote in linguaphiles
2 years ago

Do you know these Yiddish insults?

TikTok by @evan.the.counselor Schmuck is the most popular one in English. The rest of these are funny.

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles
2 years ago

YULE and KOLYADA (Christmas) – the Etymology

YULE, JUL, JULEN, JOULU, JÕULUD The French, the British, the Germans, the Scandinavians and the Baltic Finns call Christmas with the following word that remains from pagan times: Yule (Eng.), Jul, Julen (Sw., Dan., Norw.), Jól (Icelandic), Joulu (Finnish, Izhorian), Jõulu(d) (Estonian,…

klezmer
4 years ago

"Himlen, o Himlen" - for 75th anniv. of Auschwitz Liberation Day

In commemoration of Auschwitz Liberation Day, here is a song we have just recorded with Sasha Lurje & Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble for the Fortunoff Video Archive's Songs from Testimonies, Vol.2 (!). "Azoy vi mir zaynen nokh Oyshvits gekimen / Himlen, o Himlen" (see translation & full text…

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