Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 2 no. 47 July 28, 1992 1) Margaritkelekh (Paul Weichsel) 2) Galitsianer (Alan Rutkowski) 3) Margaretkas (Martin Davis) 4) Introduction (Miriam Halkin) 5) Lachoudisch (Robert D. Hoberman) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 23:40:00 -0500 From: Paul Weichsel Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 2.46 There is a song called Margaritkelekh which can be found in The Anthology of Yiddish Folksongs published by the Magnus Press of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Vol. 1 page 62. Paul Weichsel 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 09:34:40 MDT From: ARUTKOWS@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA Subject: Galitsianer A friend of mine who specializes in the history of Ukrainian peasantry in Galiciabelieves that the various nationalities of that region may have been stereotyped in similar ways by their co-nationals elseware. Ukrainians from Galicia, for example, are seen by other Ukrainians as haughty, clever, good at driving a hard bargain, etc. Is anyone aware of stereotypes of Galician Jews? Such stereotypes might be reflected in Yiddish fok sayings. Alan Rutkowski ARUTKOWS@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 09:12:11 PDT From: martind@drum.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Margaretkas In reply to a query about the song my mother used to sing, there is i record by Theodore Bikel in which he sings it (with slightly different lyrics). Martin Davis 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 18:57:37 +0300 (EET-DST) From: MHALKIN@LIB.HAIFA.AC.IL Subject: Introduction I feel like an imposter introducing myself on Mendele, as I really know no Yiddish beyond a few common words and phrases. I'm here at the request of my brother, Hillel Halkin; he does know Yiddish, but hasn't an INTERNET connection, so I'm serving as an intermediary. We both live in Israel, Hillel in Zichron Ya'akov, and I in Haifa. He translates (Hebrew, mostly, but you may know his Sholem Aleichem translation) and writes. I'm a reference librarian at the Haifa University, subject specialist in psychology and education. The Mendele connection may motivate me to try to learn a little Yiddish. I went looking in our library to see what Yiddish textbooks we have, and came up with Uriel Weinreich, which looks reasonable, although not really set up for do-it-yourself. Is there anything better? Is there anything on cassettes that's available either here or in the U.S.? I'll probably be in NY over the Yamim Nora'im, so if anyone knows of any good teach-yourself-Yiddish stuff, I'd appreciate hearing about it. Miriam Halkin 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: 28 Jul 1992 17:52:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert D Hoberman Subject: Lachoudisch The term Lachoudisch sounds familiar, but I'm not sure if I can come up with the reference. Someone once showed me a book published in Germany, not too many years before 1981-82, when I saw it: a dictionary of the local students' slang in a particular German city; the slang was based mostly on Western Yiddish or Juedischdeutsch, though it was used by non-Jewish students, who were not aware (I think) that it was of Jewish origin, though their ancestors a generation or two ago may very well have been. I think it was called something like Lachaudisch. I bet it's from the Yiddish/Hebrew word lakhodim, which means 'retail', according to U. Weinreich's dictionary. It's also mentioned in M. Weinreich's History of the Yiddish Language, p. 309. It's spelled lamed-alef-khes- daled-yud-mem, i.e. Hebrew la-aHadim 'by ones'. Bob rhoberman@sbccmail.bitnet rhoberman@ccmail.sunysb.edu ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 2. 47 If your message is intended for MENDELE, please write to: mendele@vax1.trincoll.edu If you want to discuss personal business or have a shmues with the shames, please write to: nmiller@vax1.trincoll.edu Please sign your articles.