Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 1 no. 96 November 11, 1991 1) Binde (Benson Ginsburg) 2) Binde (Mina Graur) 3) Bostoner Yiddish (Sheldon Benjamin) 4) Bostoner Yiddish (Fayvel Miller) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 91 22:45:06 EST From: Benson Subject: Binde In my mother's family (origin, Minsk) a tie was referred to as "schnips". I had not heard the word "binde" before and have not yet consulted the dictionaries. Bens 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 91 09:51:35 IST From: Dan Graur Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 1.95 In reply to David Sherman, all the people I know use "binde" and the word appears in Uriel Weinreich's dictionary under "binden." It does not appear to be a North American neologism. Mina Graur 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 91 23:42:33 EST From: sbenj@Athena.MIT.EDU Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 1.94 RE: Bostoner Yiddish-- Yes Noyekh, brace yourself.... Challah is pronounced "chollie" by a lot of Boston types. When I hear people refer to challah in this way, I hear strands of "Lassie, come home" in the distance. What means, "Mendele may be moving to Boston?" SB [Vayoymer Mendele: oyb azoy, iz efsher nisht..] 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 91 05:12:16 PST From: "Philip Miller, Dr." To: mendele@Vax1.Trincoll.Edu Re: Sissel and sissel bread I am a native (third generation) of Providence, RI, und bay mir iz geven zizl broyt a fargenign! In the nearly thirty years since I left Providence, in all my travels, I have neither heard of nor tasted sissel bread outside of Providence. Bagel were not baked with sissel, but sissel bread is that incredibly heavy rye bread with a hard thick crust. I recall it only coming from one bakery: Korbs, formerly on N. Main Street, corner of Lippet, but for the past forty years in Pawtucket, RI, near the border (I forget the street), down the street from Brodsky's Toy Store (Is it still there?) As for origin of sissel bread, I was told by my grandmother (who was born on Charles Street in 1892) that Korbs once had a baker named Zisl who was reknown for the rye bread he developed while working at Korb's. Hence, sissel bread and sissel seeds (which I recall as bigger than ordinary caraway, but not to be confused with nigrela seeds). Fayvel Froyim beReb Yankl Miller (BM.H2H@RLG) ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 1.96