Re: [Cz-L] Our Temple

From: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 05:35:58 +0300
To: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
Reply-To: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>

Another use of "Loksh" for a person was to describe a lanky fellow.
Hardy

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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
Cc: <simonkreindler_at_sympatico.ca>; "Cernowitz List Cernowitz"
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Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Our Temple

> One more addition to the "lokshentop": Usually this word was used
> in conjunction with "Yachneh Sossyeh", such as:
> "Yachneh Sossyeh mit dem Lokshentop"
> Literal translation: Yachneh Sossyeh with the of Lokshen.
> Actual meaning: A silly, tale-telling woman with her worthless pot or
> more explicitly:
> A silly worthless remark or matter.
>
> For an expression denoting total lack of value, I found in my
> grandfather's memoirs,
> the term, here translated into English: "the water in which the lokshen
> had been cooked".
>
> Mimi

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