In Czernowitz, well to do families employed maids from the villages.
These maids did not speak German and small children learned
Ruthenian from them. I remember one such maid, her name was Anetza
and I liked her very much. Unfortunately, when I was about a year old,
my parents hired a German speaking Kinder-Freulein for me and Anetza
went back to sweeping, washing floors and taking care of the cow.
Freulein Mitzi force-fed me mushy bread which she soaked in cocoa,
which resulted in cocoa stained walls, and to my great relief the
firing of Freulein Mitzi.
Mimi
On May 6, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Judith Baker wrote:
> [Please post in Plain Text --thanks]
>
>
> My Jewish great-grandmother (who died before I was born)=2C
> reported on US =
> Census records that she was from "Austria" and that her first
> language was =
> "Ruthenian"...Now that I'm reading these messages=2C I'm wondering
> why her =
> first language wouldn't have been Yiddish...Any thoughts?
> Judy Baker
>
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