Re: [Cz-L] Nettchen=Yiddish term of endearment?

To me it looks like "Netselkae", which has no meaning in Yiddish,
but could have been a term of endearment in Ukrainian or Ruthenian.
These two languages were used a lot in Czernowitz.

Mimi Quoting Jerome Schatten <romers_at_shaw.ca>:

> Czernowitzers...
>
> This from Marion Tauschwitz in this morning's mail:
>
> -----
> Dear Jerome,
> attached you find a photo with a handwritten nickname Selma Merbaum
> used for her friend Renée. I hesitate whether my request is important
> enough to address to all Czernowitzer - if you think so, I would be
> pleased if you could forward it:
>
> This is the handwritten nickname Selma Merbaum used for her friend
> Renée Abramovici.
> In all so far transcriptions you can read "Nettchen" - but I do not
> agree with it. Couldn't it be a a tender way in Yiddish to address to
> a close friend?
>
> www.marion-tauschwitz.de
> -----
>
> I have posted the photo of the 'nickname' to our Blog at:
> http://ehpes.com/blog1/?p=7162
>
> Best,
> jerome
>
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