Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 1 no.43 July 12, 1991 1) Yiddish study (Nicholas Eshelman) 2) Loan words (Noyekh Miller) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 91 10:44:13 CST From: Nicholas Eshelman Subject: Intensive study programs Can anyone tell me if they know of any Yiddish inten- sive study programs OUTSIDE of New York. (I like New Yorkers but I seem to really hate New York, or rather I really hate being IN New York. I used to work there and still have nightmares). 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 91 From: nmiller@trincc Subject: Yenkee go hum! In the latest issue of Afn Shvel, the publication of the League for Yiddish, there appears a reproduction of page 1 of the 2/22/91 of Di Presse of Buenos Aires, the Yiddish equivalent of La Prensa, which claims now to be 'di eltste yidishe tog-tsaytung in der velt'. The lead story is headlined 'Saddam's tsvue-rede farn inerlikhn gebroykh' and continues as follows: 'Der irakisher diktator hot antoysht der velt mit zayn gornisht-zogndikn messedzsh'. In Argentina? What happened to 'onzog'? Talk about cultural hegemony. Gramsci aside, I have a query for the loshn-mayvinim amongst us. Yiddish contains of course many loan words that it has acquired at second hand, e.g. urbane Galli- cisms (trotwar, chosey, zhilet, commis-vwayazher) via Russian or--among French Jews--Americanisms (sveteyr, pyuloveyr) via the French. But where is the carrier that brings 'message' to Argentinian Yiddishists? Is this only one of a class of non-intermediated loan- words, and if so what are some examples? ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 1.43