[Cz-L] Yiddish ,trade language.

As most of the trade was in jewish hands ,Yiddish was the trade language.
 Used by Jews and non Jews.
  When jewish tradesmen exchanged trade confidentials in front of
  a non- jewish customer ,there was always a chance that he would
  understand.
    Warnings in Yiddish wouldn't help so the tradesman had code
  words for such a situation:
    The code was : Er is a "Meyven kol diber " which in Hebrew means:
    " Understands all spoken ".
      This he was supposed not to understand.
Hardy
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