[Cz-L] Yiddish butterflies

From: Steve Lasky <steve725_at_optonline.net_at_nowhere.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 06:22:12 -0500 (EST)
To: czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu
Reply-To: Steve Lasky <steve725_at_optonline.net>


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  Hi all,
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Regarding the richness of the Yiddish language and the various words=20
used that mean"butterfly," there was a Yiddish play, "Shmeterling=20
schlacht" (Battle of the Butterflies). Does "shmeterling" mean=20
butterflies?
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Steve
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