Re: [Cz-L] TYPICAL FOOD IN CZERNOWITZ

I did not refer to humans.
  Grammatically mamaliga is feminine - malai is masculine.
   Therefore the aphorism.
    I hated mamaliga and malai too.
Hardy
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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Cz-L] TYPICAL FOOD IN CZERNOWITZ

>I object to Hardy's definition. Very much so.
> A week man, a milksop, was often referred to as a "mamaliga", mushy.
> A woman was never a mamaliga, she made the malai and she was the malai.
> Crusty on the outside and buttery sweet inside, a Czernowitzerin.
>
> Mimi
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