Re: [Cz-L] Czernowitzerisch

From: Ruth Levin <rutele.vin_at_gmail.com_at_nowhere.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 22:13:13 +0300
To: cornel fleming <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>
Reply-To: Ruth Levin <rutele.vin_at_gmail.com>


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My father used to say "Makh mir keyn toyves nisht!"

On 10 April 2016 at 22:06, cornel fleming <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net> wrote:

> The way I knew this was "Mach mir keine Toives!" Cornel
>
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> [mailto:bounce-120354628-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Miriam
> Taylor
> Sent: 10 April 2016 15:37
> To: Hardy Breier
> Cc: Czernowitz-L_at_cornell
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Czernowitzerisch
>
> Some other examples of Czernowitzerisch:
>
> 1. "Nye rubeh minyi toives" (do not do me any favors) literally:
> do not work, from Ukrainian "rubotai" "minyi" - me, also from Ukrainian,
> "toives" from Hebrew through Yiddish "toives" meaning favors.
>
> 2. "Nye beh nye meh nye kukuriku" Literally: not a sheep, not a goat,
> Not a chicken. Meaning: a person who is not distinguished or
> remarkable in any way.
>
> 3. "Strasheh nisht de gehns"- Do not kick up a fuss.
> Literally: Do not frighten the gees.
> Strasheh from the Ukrainian meaning "very much",
> nisht - not, from the German through Yiddish "nicht"
> and "gehns" also from the German through Yiddish.
>
> Mimi

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