Not so beautiful,
How would you describe a girl that was not a beauty queen - ugly ?
plain ?
That's too simple for Czernowitz. In Czernowitz you would describe her
as:
"Sie seit oys wi meine tzures af der linker Seit " .
This ment she was very,very ugly .
Not only does she look like "meine tzures " (my troubles ) which is
pretty bad but even worse :
" Af der linken Seit " on the left side ( the left side is the uglier
?).
Troubles ,like cloth , have a right side and a left side , the left
side being the ugly , hidden side.
This brings me back to the the clothier business.
Having a new suit made was a costly business not affordable by all.
One way to overcome this was that used suits were not thrown away
but " turned over "-we called this "wenden".
The suit had to be checked if it had not already been turned and
therefore obsolete.
The vendor had to cut a cuff open to prove the turnability of the
garment.
Also other damages like worn out elbows and knees had to be
considered.
" Kommen Sie herein Frau Rosenzweig, ich hab fur Ihren Sohn an
Anzuegl ,
besten englischen Stoff , fast neu , nicht gewendet ."
Hardy
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