Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 2 no. 84 October 27, 1992 1) Introduction (Debra Halperin Biasca) 2) "Germans" (Leonard Prager) 3) Tsukunft (Dvosye Bilik) 4) Bloyz and nor (Itzhak Finger) 5) Answer book for Weinreich? (Itzhak Finger) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 92 12:15:50 MDT From: BIASCA DEBRA HALPERIN Subject: Introduction I am a Ph D linguistics student planning to write my dissertation (in a couple more years) on a topic related to Yiddish. I attended di zumer programm at Comunbia this summer (where I did NOT) learn to edit e-mail. ) (excuse my mistakes--I'll learn soon) There are very few Yiddishists or Yiddish enthusiasts in Colorado! Debra Halperin Biasca 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Oct 92 12:47:44 IST From: Leonard Prager Subject: RE: "Germans" Tayerer Yitskhok/Yitskhek/Itskik Kertesh: "Germans" -- note the quotation marks in my note -- are of course _daytshn_ af yidish (not, please "deytschen"). There are things about this "joke" I don't quite get either. Presumably, Yiddish speakers would associate Dutch _van_, like the more familiar German _von_, with nobility. My main purpose was to record this item. I am not altogether satisfied with my first effort to explain it. Leonard Prager 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Oct 92 20:53 EST From: Dorothy_BILIK@umail.umd.edu Subject: RE: Tsukunft For Dan Breslauer, Of course you should subscribe to the Tsukumft. It's been publishing since 1892. It's affiliated with tsiko and the Jewish culture Congress. Dina Abramovitsh, among others has articles in it. Besides, it's a mitsve to support a Yiddish literary journal that carried Niger, Minkoff, and other important critics. Dvosye Bilik 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 08:13:15 PST From: jfinger@mv.us.adobe.COM Subject: "Bloyz" and "Nor" Is there a difference in usage and meaning between "bloyz" and "nor"? Thanks, -- Itzhak "Jeff" Finger -- 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 08:35:48 PST From: jfinger@mv.us.adobe.COM Subject: Answer Book for Weinreich? Is there an answer book for the exercises in Weinreich? If there is not, perhaps such a book would help a great many people learn Yiddish. I am trying to systematically go through Weinreich, and it would be nice to be able to check my own work rather than bother my teacher about every exercise I complete. My teacher should hear from me only when I do *not* understand the exercises! If others feel such an effort would be important, I would happily coordinate the following effort (and accept help from others): - We divide up "College Yiddish", with individuals volunteering to complete the exercises for a given chapter. - We copyright the answers, but grant anyone permission to copy and distribute them for free as long as the copyright notice is intact, and with the understanding that corrections/emendations come back to us. Periodically, we could publish revisions, both on-line and off. - The compilation work (that is, the exchange of answers) would be done on-line via email. Obviously, there are some technical difficulties with the Yiddish alphabet, but these can be overcome fairly easily --- the problems are not that bad. Any thoughts from Mendele? -- Itzhak "Jeff" Finger -- ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 2.84 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.