Thank you Cornel for restoring my sanity. I remembered that sentence very well, knew its meaning, but was wondering why Buxtehude of all places? I suppose it had to do with the odd sounding name.
Ruth
On Jun 3, 2015, at 6:21 PM, cornel fleming <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net> wrote:
> "He comes from Buxtehude" meant that the person referred to came from some
> faraway hole-in-wall dump!! Cornel.
>
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> [mailto:bounce-119348526-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ruth
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> Hi Hardy,
>
> In Yiddish it would mean; "Er is sich farfurn keyn Boyberik.The phrase
> 'farforn keyn boyberik' means 'digress, go off on a tangent.‘"
>
> Are you pleased?
>
> As to Bukstehude, I know who he was, but wanted to know why we used the
> expression: Er fort keyn Bukstehude oder er kumt fun Bukstehude?
>
> Ruth
> On Jun 3, 2015, at 2:02 AM, Hardy Breier <hardy3_at_bezeqint.net> wrote:
>
>> Ruth, tell me in Yiddish what does Boyberik mean.
>> Bukstehude is a town in Germany and a German composer.
>> Nothing more .
>>
>> Hardy
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