RE: [Cz-L] Fear of drafts

Jerome...if so then my mum must also have had this genetic defect..".Es zieht,es zieht " was one of her refrains too!! Cornel

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From: bounce-6024041-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-6024041-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of jerome schatten
Sent: 09 June 2010 17:32
To: Attiyeh
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Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Fear of drafts

Ah... fear of Zugs (Zugangst??)-- My father, born in Czernowitz,
suffered from the same thing: closing windows as he went from room to
room and my mother not far behind him, re-opening them. But then of
course, Jessica and I are cousins. Must be a genetic defect.

Best,
jerome

On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 22:42 -0700, Attiyeh wrote:
> Hardy, you have just solved a long-standing mystery for me! My
> Czernowitzer father was forever closing windows in our New York City
> apartment. My Philadelphia-raised mother would open them to get some
> fresh air into the house; my father would come home from work and
> immediately close them, concerned that there might be a draft. I
> could never understand the basis for this concern until you wrote
> about "Schiefer Mund" and the prevailing fear of a "Zug". Thanks!
> You never know how a good current of information can open a window of the mind!
>
> Jessica Falikman Attiyeh, San Diego, California
>

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