Definition :
If a Czernowitzer spoke and it was not:
German , Yiddish, Rumanian, Ruthenian or Polish -
He was speaking Czernowitzerisch.
Pure Czernowitzerisch,
Hardy
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[mailto:bounce-120820217-3499476_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Taylor,
Miriam R
Sent: 23 September 2016 19:07
To: David Weiner
Cc: czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Czernowitzerisch
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David,
You are right, our Czernowitzerisch should be preserved, if only in our own
memories and in scholarly articles about "The dialects of German spoken in
the eastern provinces"
The first of these ditties I did not know but I remember others.
We drew two dots, horizontally close to each other, saying:
"Punkt, Punkt," then we drew a small vertical line for the nose and a small
horizontal line Underneath it for the mouth saying: "Strich, Strich= ".
we then drew a small circle around the dots and lines, and a larger circle
Immediately underneath it and said:
"Kleiner K?se, gro?e Butter und das ist die Schwiegermutter".
" Schwiegermutter" (mother in law) was an occasion for saying assorted Nasty
sayings; for instance:
"Sicher ist sicher sagt der alte Michel und h?ngt die Tote Schwiegermutter=
auf"
(Certain is certain says old Michel and strings his dead mother in law up).
Another saying which I remember is:
" Ach wie gut ist nichts zu tun und nachher sich auszuruhn!
(How wonderful to do nothing and then rest)
Also in the same vein "Liegen auf dem Rasen und spuken in den Himmel"
(Lie on the lawn and spit into the sky).
Mimi
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