Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 1 no. 126 December 16, 1991 1) Shayles.. (David Braun) 2) ..utshuves (Noyekh Miller 3) Dreydl (Melekh Viswanath) 4) Dreydl (Khaim Bochner) 5) Vatnmakher (Aren Abramson) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 91 14:12:38 EST From: braund@linc.cis.upenn.edu Subject: Mekoyekh Mendelen Dear shames of Mendele, I have been on Mendele only since March or April (or May?) of this year, so I'm not familiar with the story behind it: who founded it? who takes care of it? where is it located (trincoll = trinity college?) when did it begin? vekedoyme. Is there any accessible "address book" which lists the names of the Mendelians who are masked behind e-mail address codes (e.g., who is to know that ZOGUR is M. Herzog?) --David 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 From: nmiller@trincc Subject: Mekoyekh Mendelen Dovid Braun, you're one of Mendele's vatikim, publication having begun on May 15, 1991. I plead guilty to starting it, but its the loyal readers who keep it going. Techni- cally (and for the time being) the operation is housed at Trinity College in Hartford. And there's an "address book" that I'm sending you (copies of same available to all upon request). Now a shayle for you. Should it not be: Mekoyekh Mendele? Noyekh 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1991 12:02 EDT From: VISWANATH@DRACO.BITNET Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 1.125 Question to Dovid Braun. You say reydl probably comes (or Herzog does) from a reading of dreydl as di reydl. Where does dreydl come from? I think I (subconsciously) always associated dreydl with rede (and redl? or reydl?), just as I always (subconsciously) assumed that yugntruf had something to do with ruf (call). melekh (viswanat@draco.rutgers.edu) 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 91 15:46:14 -0500 From: bochner@das.harvard.edu Subject: RE: lekoved yontef Dovid Braun shraybt: > here are some other terms and relevant notes: ... > Any others? More exact information? Ikh hob take nokh a variant: mayn tate-mame zogn nisht "draydl", vi me volt fun zey gerikht, nor "drayderl". Zey shtamen fun Kshanef (Chrzanow), lebn Kroke. Hot eyner fun dem oylem gehert "drayderl"/dreyderl ergets andersh? -- Khaim 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 09:55:15 EST From: Aren Abramson Subject: Re: Mendele Vol 1.125 Mikhl Herzog, My source for /vatnmakher/ is Sholem Aleichem's story "Hayntige Kinder," in which Tevye says to his horse, "Khapt dikh der vatnmakher," after the horse has overturned the wagon. I am using the 1990 reprinting by the National Yiddish Book Center of Gants Tevye der Milkhiger, page 79. Aren ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 1.126