Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 2 no. 91 November 6, 1992 1) Weinreich's Geshikhte (Seymour Axelrod) 2) Anywhere (Eli Katz) 3) Anywhere (Mikhl Herzog) 4) The Jews elected Clinton? (David Sherman) 5) Mendele around the world (Noyekh Miller) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: 04 Nov 1992 14:08:21 -0500 (EST) From: Seymour Axelrod Subject: Noble's translation of Weinreich's Geshikhte In response to an inquiry, Zachary Baker of YIVO (a dank aykh, R'Moyshe-Zekharye) informs me that the Shlomo Noble translation (U. of Chi., 1980) of Max Weinreich's *History of the Yiddish Language* is out of print, though preparations are being made for a new edition to be published by Yale U.P. in a year or more. Does anyone on MENDELE know of a copy for sale of the 1980 edition? With thanks, Seymour (Shleyme) Axelrod 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 12:36:21 -0800 From: katz@Sonoma.EDU Subject: anywhere Ellen Prince asks: "could those of you who have native fluency in Yiddish please tell me how you would translate the following sentences into Yiddish? if you can think of more than one translation, please give them all. thanks a mil- lion! 1. You can go anywhere. 2. If you go anywhere without me, I'll be lost. 3. Did you see him anywhere? 4. She didn't find him here, so she will look some- where in the South." I'm not quite a native speaker, but I'll take a crack at it nevertheless: 1. Du kenst geyn vu du vilst. 2. Oyb du'st geyn ergetzvu on mir, vel ikh zayn far- faln. (I'm not quite sure what to do with 'be lost'). 3. Tsi hostu im (ergetz)vu gezen? 4. Zi hot im do nit gefunen, vet zi im zukhn ergetzvu in die dorem kantn. (I can't think of an idiomatic non-periphrastic Yiddish equivalent for 'the South'). Eli Katz 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 18:02 EST From: ZOGUR@CUVMB.Columbia.edu Subject: Anywhere This is a tricky one, Ellen. Number 1 more than the others? (Why?). Here are a few suggestions: 1. You can go anywhere (presumably meaning "wherever you like" or "everywhere") Vu du vilst (nor) kenstu geyn Kenst geyn vu du zolst nor nit veln Kenst geyn umetum/iberal 2. If you go anywhere without me, I'll be lost. Ven du zolst ergetsvu geyn on mir, bin ikh a farlo(y)rener 3. Did you see him anywhere? Host(u) im ergetsvu gezen? Host(u) im vu es iz gezen? Host(u) im vu nit iz gezen? Host(u) im vu s'nit iz gezen? 4. She didn't find him here, so she will look somewhere in the South. Zi hot im do nit gefunen, vet zi im zukhn ergetsvu in dorem/vu nit iz in dorem Please send me an offprint. Mikhl 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 14:54:59 -0500 From: dave@cai.lsuc.on.CA Subject: It was the Jews that elected Clinton (this one works better orally) "You know, it was the Jews that got Clinton elected." "Yeah? How so?" "It says it right here in the paper: 'Clinton elected by landsleit'." David Sherman 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 14:03 EST From: NMILLER@Vax1.Trincoll.Edu Subject: Mendele around the world Some time ago a subscriber suggested a tally of Mendelniks by country. A good idea, but the job was put off af morgen. Lost zikh oys that it's done for the asking by the Yale list- server ("review mendele by country"). Here is the latest count. nm * * Country Subscribers * ------- ----------- * Australia 1 * Belgium 2 * Canada 11 * Germany 3 * Great Britain 3 * Israel 11 * Netherlands 1 * Poland 2 * Singapore 1 * USA 162 * * Total number of "concealed" subscribers: 2 * Total number of users subscribed to the list: 197 (non-"concealed" only) * ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 2.91 If your message is intended for MENDELE, please write to: mendele@vax1.trincoll.edu or mendele@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu If your node is Bitnet-only and is not connected to the Internet, please send your message to: mendele@trincc or mendele@yalevm If you want to discuss personal business or have a shmues with the shames, please write to: nmiller@vax1.trincoll.edu or nmiller@trincc Please sign your articles.