Re: [Cz-L] Becoming a Czior

Rat in Ukrainean and Yiddish is Shchor, or Shchur pl. Shcheres
 Czior - I chose an one syllable word close to "Czernowitz".
Hardy
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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
Cc: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Becoming a Czior

> "Czior" is both the Ukrainian and Yiddish word for "rat".
> Shame on you Hardy! calling our Czernowitzers by such an ugly name.
> Czernowitzers who go to Chernivtsi for a visit could be called "Cher-
> vist"
> and if he or she bring along their family "Cher-vist+".
>
> Mimi
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