Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 1 no. 189 March 9, 1992 1) A correction (Martin Davis) 2) Introduction (Najman Kahana) 3) Mameloshn un Weiberdeutsch (Hinda Feldman) 4) A query about r-dropping (David Sherman) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 92 12:35:38 -0500 From: davism@turing.cs.nyu.edu Subject: correction to my note on yinglish in Berkeley My note said: >> Well! For years Berkeley had a restaurant called "Balabos". Of course it was "Balabosta". Sorry, Martin 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 92 13:00 JST From: Najman Kahana Subject: Introduction Hi. I'll answer rishon-rishon, achron-achron. My name is Najman Kahana. I am the systems manager for Hadassah University Medical Hospital. I am 44 years old, reside on Yeshuv Elazar in Gush Etzion, and .. v'er veist! As there are many requests for reading your list, I intend to place the mail on the local NEWS bulletin board. Therefore, please un-subscribe me, and please subscribe me under: NEWSMGRL@HADASSAH.BITNET Note the diminutive "L" for the news manager..... Thank you Najman Kahana 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 92 20:58:37 EST From: Linda FELDMAN <42161_655@uwovax.uwo.CA> Subject: mameloshn un Weiberdeutsch Does anyone out there in the electronic wilderness have some bibliographical references for the origins of the expressions "mameloshn" and Weiberdeutsch? Also: are any of you aware of any journal articles in English (French, Yiddish, German, Spanish, Dutch ) which deal with the gendering of Yiddish (feminized) versus Hebrew (masculinized). Thanks for your help! Hinda Linda Feldman Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7 Bitnet address: LEFELD@UWOVAX.UWO.CA 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 92 23:11:20 EST From: dave@lsuc.on.CA Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 1.170 Mikhl Herzog wrote: > For Hersh Basser: I'm very forgiving. Never mind > grayz/gri'es. More important: evidence of language change > in Toronto: those of my vintage (the kid in the > above-mentioned photo playing the cymbals) said > "apstEsiker", not "apsteyrzer". Most Toronto Yoiddish > speakers in my day were of Polish, "r-dropping" origin. > More Torontoisms: "a saydInteres", "a solifI:te", "a > fletelet". Can you decipher? I'm mystified, even though I speak a Toronto r-dropping Yiddish. Can you clarify, Mikhl? David Sherman ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 1.189