Re: [Cz-L] German language

Not in Ukrainean ?
 On the streets of Czernowitz the Ukrainean boys used to call to us:
  " Kurva mama tvoya bula".( your mother was a ...)
     They were not speaking Polish or Japanese.
       To this we replied :
    " Tvoya nachrib,
       Zehn meter in Grib,
        Mit elektrischen Betrieb"
      (hard to understand but probate anti-curse means)
    Kurve was also very well used in Yiddish.
       Son of a bitch was Kurvesyn in Yiddish and Ukrainean.
Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
Cc: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] German language

> Correction: Curva is not used in Ukrainian, except in the areas
> bordering Poland.
> And in Yiddish the word used is: Chonte or Shmate.
>
> Mimi
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