Re: [Cz-L] German language

According to my Babe, in Czernowitz you either spoke Yiddish or
Goyish.(Gentile)
 The local Ruthenians and Huzulis spoke goyish..
   My Babe spoke Goyish.
   Kurve was both goyish and yiddish.
    With time Ukrainean was instituted.
     In the East of Ukraina they speak Russian (40%)
       Kurva there is in daily speech.
         In the East as you remark ,it has always been.
          So with a" Kurve " you are never at a loss in our region.
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 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] German language

> In Czernowitz the Ukrainian street urchins knew all the Polish swear-
> words.
> Currently in Chernivtsi, opposite the hotel Magnat Lux there is an
> exercise place,
> the name of which includes the English word "Curve". I remarked about it
> to
> my Ukrainian friends and they knew the meaning of the word, but said it
> was Polish, not Ukrainian.
> At the time Hardy and I lived in Czernowitz, the local Ukrainians spoke
> Ruthenian,
> which is a Ukrainian dialect heavily influenced by Polish.
> For instance; for "good day", we said Zjin Dobre, in Ukrainian they sat
> Dobre Den.
>
> Mimi
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