Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 2 no. 181 April 23, 1993 1) "Lehavdil" Turkish? (Bob Werman) 2) Response to Zachary Baker (Stephen Dowling) 3) Calendar (Noyekh Miller) 4) Mendele in Costa Rica (Leo Goldstein) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu Apr 22 18:13:43 1993 From: RWERMAN%HUJIVMS.bitnet@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu Subject: "Lehavdil" Turkish? Lehavdil from Yiddish and Turkish, the word "lehavdil" is first rate Hebrew. Was this a typo for Halva? Or Halkum? These are more likely to be Turkish, Mikhl. __Bob Werman rwerman@vms.huji.ac.il Jerusalem 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri Apr 23 01:05:47 1993 From: stephen dowling <71072.2134@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Response to Zachary Baker 4/20/93 Truth be told, I haven't followed the current "Bruhaha" in the Forward about "Klal-takones fun yidishn oysleyg". We carry the book in the Jewish Book Center and it hasn't exactly flown off the shelves. I feel that any number of organizations can declare orthographical standards. What is more important is if people actually follow them. We have an ongoing argument with the setzers of the Forwards. We give them an ad in Yiddish. We spell "Yiddish" with two yuds. They, being religious and following the "Williamsburg" standard will typically spell it with an alef and a yud. This is just an example. If you ever pick up some of the more religious Yiddish newspapers such as "Der Yid", you will find that to a certain extent, they totally ignore the Yivo standard. Unless the people that use Yiddish in the home, the street and at work adopt the standard, it becomes the province of institutions, professors and their students. It could be that my experience has been limited. I would be interested in hearing other examples or points of view. P.S. The above is not to be taken to mean that I don't believe there should be a standard. I'm simply wondering out loud about who should set the standard. Stephen Dowling 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri Apr 23 12:42:00 1993 From: noyekh miller Subject: Calendar Sunday, April 25, 1:00 p.m. University of Hartford Konover Campus Center Scholom Aleichem vi a Soctsyaler Kritiker Herbert Paper Professor of Linguistics and Eastern Languages Hebrew Union College Noyekh 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri Apr 23 12:54:54 1993 From: Leo Goldstein Subject: Mendele in Costa Rica My name is Leo Goldstein, and I am 20 years old. I am studing economics at the Costa Rica Univer- sity,and I can understand Yiddish better than speak it. My knowledge of this language in this part of the world, is thanks to my grandparents, because since a little boy the spoke to me in Yiddish, and until this day, baruch Hashem, I have them to learn more of it. So now, MENDELE is present in Costa Rica (CR). Leo Goldstein ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 2.181 If your message is intended for MENDELE, please write to: mendele@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu If your node is Bitnet-only and is not connected to the Internet, please send your message to: mendele@yalevm If you want to discuss personal business or have a shmues with the shames, please write to: nmiller@dot.trincoll.edu Please sign your articles.