Re: [Cz-L] Hochdeutch

Yidl, Duvidl , Yankl is the diminutive form.
 Making things smaller.
  Used for endearment among others.
Hardy
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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: <HJarvis16_at_aol.com>
Cc: <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Hochdeutch

> In English:
>
> With a fine crisp croissant, we consider the Jews!
>
> I think that Harry wrote this in German, because it sound much better in
> German
> than it does than in English. "knusperig" is somehow crisper than
> "crisp".
> A "Kipferl" is different from a croissant, less buttery, less effeminate,
> more hearty.
> And: "Yidlech" is the Yiddish word for Jews, plural. But it is the plural
> of "Yidel", not of "yidd".
> How do I explain the great value and importance of this "el" at the end
> of a word?
> By example: Think about someone calling: David, come here!
> or the same person calling: Duvidel kum aher!
>
> A few years ago, my grandson Jacob said: "I am sabta's Yankale and
> saba's shmendrik"
>
> Mimi

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