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More Yiddish: “Es Lauft die Jauch, die Millech brennt…"
This couplet by Peretz (from "The Ballad of Monisch") describes how the Rabbi's wife has neglected to pay attention to her cooking on the stove:
“Es Lauft die Jauch, die Millech brennt
Un sie ...
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Yiddish: common in Europe?
This answer introduced me to Yiddish.
Is Yiddish taught and used in Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Lichtenstein? Is it a dialect of German or a separate but similar language?
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Spittings, shellings, etc
One quaint usage we have in Yiddish is the suffix -echts which converts a verb to a noun. It is usually used with unsavory items like saliva (speiechts) or a pile of sunflower seed shells ...
