Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 2 no. 76 September 30, 1992 1) Basserool (Hershel Basser) 2) Birnbaum (Ira Robinson) 3) Re: never again (Bob Werman) 4) Names (Nicholas Eshelman) 5) Introduction (Marc Greenberg) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 20:50:27 -0400 From: fishbane@epas.utoronto.CA Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 2.74 nayich tieruh-- so i see ellen prince (whos she kidding with that spelling) liked your extraordinary basserool which I somewhere missed-- What in fact does it mean-- basser never has any rools as far as I know except the rool of hefkeres and the rool of achesveresh which was party after party like israeli politics-- beats the two party system anyways unless youre a monogamist in which case the first party can sue the second and vice versa, a problem achisverish and henry the 8th didnt have. -- so vus meynteer-- "basserool" ? hershele bolsheviker sollst hoben a goot gezunt zees gebensht yooer-- mit a zach poornossa un a shmechel! 2)--------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 20:50 EDT From: ROBINSO@Vax2.Concordia.CA Subject: Birnbaum A "baren boim" means "pear tree". Birnbaum probably comes from this. Ira Robinson [A similar response came from Margaret Mikulska.] 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 92 22:28 +0200 From: RWERMAN%HUJIVMS.bitnet@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu Subject: RE: never again Never again in Hebrew, reduction of paperwork act, from four syllables to two, "lo ohd." __Bob Werman 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 12:27:07 CDT From: Nicholas Eshelman Subject: Names: Milman & Melman After sharing the recent discussion of the name Katz with a friend (named Kac), we began to wonder about the name of another part of her family, Milman. Does anyone know the nature of the relationship between the names Milman and Melman? As Yiddish mil and mel are related in the same way as English mill and meal or German mill and mehl, would this suggest that they are seperate families raher than varient forms of the same name? (Or maybe it suggests nothing at all?) At any rate, the name Milman was unfamiliar to me. Infomation regarding geographic origin of this family or anything else would be welcomed (e.g. famous/notable Milmans) Nicholas Eshelman 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 11:13:57 CDT From: "Marc L. Greenberg" Subject: A few lines of introduction My name is Marc L. Greenberg and I'm an Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Kansas. My specialization is Slavic linguistics,at the moment particularly pertaining to Slovene and Croatian/Serbian. I'm sorry to say that I do not know Yiddish (my great-grandparents were the last speakers in our family) though I can figure out much of it from my reading knowledge of German. Yiddish is one of the languages on my wish list, and I hope to set aside some time in the near future to learn it properly.(Kelberne hispayles.) So, I hope no one will mind if I just "audit," unless I can be of some help with Slavic languages. Marc Greenberg Internet: greenber@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu/Bitnet: greenber@ukanvm Slavic Dept., 2134 Wescoe Hall U. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2174 (913) 864-3313; fax: (913) 864-4555 ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 2.76 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.