Ruth
Bobale is Bean known as Fasulia
Or Fisolen
Hardy
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Dear Hardy,
Yiddish is one of the richest languages I know. It has at least three words
for "butterfly": flaterl, bobele and zumerfoygl. It uses Hebrew, Germanic,
Slavic and old French words, sometime for the same concept, and often
every one of them has a slightly different meaning.
Ruth
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