Goomba38 said:sarah bennett said:Quoted message said:> Allan Matthews wrote:
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Gee, sheldon you didn't need to get nasty...Just went back to the
website and now realize that there was a problem with it...finally
got
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Quoted message said:it all to display after three tries. But thanks for the
info...still
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Quoted message said:don't see why you cannot use the English language to express
yourself.
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why can't you use yiddish? 🙂
not everyone here is from english speaking environs 🙂
Not to mention all the "foreign" words we've adopted into the English
Quoted message said:language...
Yup, plenty in English language dictionarys that made their way into
English lexicon, especially Yiddish words, especially foods.
knish
Pronunciation: k&-'nish
Function: noun
Etymology: Yiddish, from Polish knysz
Date: 1916
: a small round or square of dough stuffed with a filling (as potato)
and baked or fried
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schmaltz
Variant(s): also schmalz /'shmolts, 'shmälts/
Function: noun
Etymology: Yiddish shmalts, literally, rendered fat, from Middle High
German smalz; akin to Old High German smelzan to melt -more at SMELT
Date: 1935
1 : sentimental or florid music or art
2 : SENTIMENTALITY
- schmaltzy /'shmolt-sE, 'shmält-/ adjective
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schmuck
Pronunciation: 'shm&k
Function: noun
Etymology: Yiddish shmok, literally, penis
Date: 1892
slang : JERK : Allan Matthews
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Sheldon