Re: [Cz-L] czernowitz-l digest: June 13, 2012

Czernowitzers would have said: "Hochstapler"! "Nur die Madam Polack!"
And: "Zewus daff men duss"? "Vel'n zey oich shluffen in der taradaika"?

Mimi

Translation:
Czernowitzers would have said:
"Hochstapler!" (impostor, pretender) "Nur die Madam Polack" (only the madam Polack, a fictitious newly
rich woman)
And: "Zewus daff men duss"? "Vel'n zey oich shluffen in der taradaika"?
   ( what does one need this for? Are they going to sleep in this vehicle?)

On Jun 14, 2012, at 1:55 PM, andy halmay wrote:

> I disagree, Hardy - I'm looking for that word in German that
> mother would have used about something in bad taste.
> "unanständig?" Not that, but something like that. Czernowitzers
> were quite conservative and would give you looks of quiet
> disapproval if you were out of step or acted in bizarre ways.
> Flaunting wealth was in bad taste, even talking about money was
> considered gauche. A stretched-out car that looks like it needs an
> extra set of wheels in the middle to keep from letting its belly
> drag on the ground would have been considered freakish, improper,
> foolish, nicht ...etwas....
> Andy
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Hardy Breier <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
> To: andy halmay <andy_venivici_at_yahoo.com>; Czernowitz Genealogy and
> History <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] czernowitz-l digest: June 13, 2012
>
> Andy,
> You speculate if Old Czernowitzer would have taken to stretch limos.
> They would , and how.
> Showing off was their favorite pastime.
> They were mad about American affluence.
> Real or imaginary.
> They would compete with the limo stretch length.
> You imagine old Czernowitzer as stoics of old Greece.
> Hardy
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