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

Irene,
  Shvoy, shvoy is not from Czernowitz, it is from Israel.
   The origin is Arabic : Shvuaye ,Shvuaye.
     Meaning slow .
      In Rumania we said " in pas de levaye " funny mixture of rumanian and
yiddish
for going slow " as the steps of a funeral."
    Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Irene Fishler" <irenef_at_netvision.net.il>
To: "'HARDY BREIER'" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; "'CZERNOWITZ-L'"
<Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:45 AM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] On Topic, Off Topic.


> Thanks,Hardy
> For GOISERER! My mother used this word for our very havy BOCANCI made in
> Rumania.
> My chidhood- friend, a 2nd generation Radautzerin, called me a "Rebbe
> Pomeilech" , adding:" you're moving shvoy,shvoy"
> Why Rebbe? Where does "shvoy" come from?
> Regards
> Irene
>
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] On Topic, Off Topic.
>
> Arthur,
> Bokantschen is the Czernowitz adaptation of the Rumanian word
> Bocanci for boots. This is what the glorious rumanian Army was
> short of. They ran on Opinci - a lambskin tied to the feet with
> laces. They didn't have leather soles for boots.
> In old time Czernowitz they called boots Goiserer ,after the famous
> Bad Goisern boots manufacturer of the Salzkammergut in Austria.
> Hardy
>
>
>


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