Re: [Cz-L] The joys of Yiddish - Der Fuss im Pruth

Mimi,

Dr. Hacken gave me  his essay "Das Czernowitzer Deutsch" many  years ag=
o. I can't remember where I put it, but  will look for it all my folders=
. 

Did you know that his wife, Vera wrote a small book in Yiddish titled:
"KINDER -YORN, YUGENT YORN  MIT ELIEZER STEINBARG?" 

Warm regards.

Ruth Glasberg Gold  

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From: "mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: ALFRED SCHNEIDER <fred2_at_worldnet.att.net>
Cc: Czernowitz-L <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:35:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] The joys of Yiddish - Der Fuss im Pruth

Dear Fred,

Emanuel Hacken, better known as Munyu Hacken was my father's school
friend, and my first pediadrition, I still remember him both from
Czernowitz, as well as from a visit I paid him with my parents in
Poughkeepsie in 1959.
I would love to have his essay "Das Czernowitzer Deutsch".

Thanks,

Mimi

Quoting ALFRED SCHNEIDER <fred2_at_worldnet.att.net>:

> Hi,
>
> The expression "...mit einem Fuss im Pruth" got several interpretations i=
n
> recent postings, but they all convey the general meanning of not caring
> about something. I just found an authoritative source, a short essay "Das
> Czernowitzer Deutsch" by Dr. Emanuel Hacken in which he writes the
> following:
> In Czernowitz fließt bekanntlich der Pruth. Wenn nun jemand auf eine
> Drohung erwidern will, daß er sich nicht davor fürchtet dann sagt er:=
 "Ej,
> ej, ej, bin ich mit einem Fuß im Pruth!" Oder einfacher: "Ich hab mich =
vor
> Ihnen nicht iebergeschrocken."
> Those of you who have not seen this two-page gem and understand
> (Czernowitzer) German let me know and I shall e-mail it to you.
> My own addendum: I recall the frequent reports in the  papers in Czerno=
witz
> about suicides by drowning, usually by jumping from the bridge across the
> Pruth. Thus, the "...mit einem Fuss im Pruth" expression states,
> sarcastically, that the suicide process is already in progress.
>
> Fred Schneider
>
>
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