Re: [Cz-L] On Topic, Off Topic.

Pinkepoyr,
  Yes ,the expression is original Czernowitz.
    The meaning is :The other way round, exactly opposite .
    In plain Yiddish it should sound : Pinkt farkert.
     How it came to be Pinkepoyr ? And there was nothing funny about it.
Hardy
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My parents, Pearl Spiegel Fichman and Yehudi David Fichman, used to
laugh at the name Moishe Pinkepoyer (spelling?) but I can't remember if
they explained what was funny about it. Do any of you know? My father
used to use the expression, in English, 'talking to ___ is like talking
to a piece of wood' (or, sometimes, 'like talking to a stone'). I'm
imagining there was a Yiddish equivalent that this came from. Are any
of you able to confirm this? - Eytan
Eytan Fichman


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