Yiddish is taught and studied at many universities, for instance; Indiana University
In the US, Oxford in Britain and Vilna in Lithuania.
It is studied for its own linguistic, historic and literary value and also as
A language which has preserved many ancient words and terms of the German language
As spoken in the 10th and 11th century.
Lithuanian Yiddish is considered classical Yiddish, but the Yiddish spoken in different regions,
Varies in the pronunciation of some letters and contains words and expressions
Borrowed from the local people.
In the Bukovina the borrowed words were mostly of Ukrainian origin, for instance:
"Bloteh" = mud
"Praznik = holiday, festivity
"Koilich" = Challa bread
"Pastuch = shepherd .
"Pa vollieh = slowly, at leisure.
Whereas in Lithuanian Yiddish the sound "oo" like in mood was rarely used,
In the Bukovina it was used a lot.
The English word "what" in Lithuanian Yiddish is "wos" in the Bukovina we said "woos".
The English word "say" in Lithuanian Yiddish would be pronounced "zog",
In the Bukovina we said "zoog".
"They said "koom" for "come", we say " kim" pronouncing the "i" like in "swim".
Mimi
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On Jan 7, 2017, at 6:05 PM, "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net> wrote:
> I too learned to call them Schmetterling. I read some time ago that a
> University is studying Jiddish because it originated as Mediaval German
> ..and then incorporated words from their surroundings. Cornel.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-121130286-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-121130286-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of hardy
> Sent: 07 January 2017 19:41
> To: 'Ruth Levin'
> Cc: 'czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu'
> Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Steinberg
>
> Ruth,
> Never heard in Czernowitz Zummerfoigl
> We called it Schmetterling,
> Mozart called it Farfalone,
>
> Hardy
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