--- Steve Freides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - wonderful stories snipped - > > Hans wrote: > > > One short episode: > > Some members had another gig & sneeked away from a rehearsal, > > letting a colleague do the duty instead. So Bernstein asked > > the orchestra president why they did so. The then president > > answered: "Well Maestro, all members want to participate on > > this production with you !!" - Bernstein: "I knew, you were > > all ganefs (or ganevs - should consult a yiddishj dictionary) > > !". He knew, all loved him. You can see that on the videos. > > The word "ganev" is indeed Yiddish, much of which originates in German but > some of which originates in Hebrew. A "ganav" is literally a "thief" in > modern Hebrew, the infinitive "to steal" being "Lignov," I'm pretty sure. > (Hebrew verbs are built around a three-consonant root, in this case the "g," > "n," and "v.") The term "ganev" often takes on a wider meaning of "crook" > or "rascal" or something along those lines. > > Steve "just ordered another of Han's mouthpieces" Freides
I am not into languages not being Nordic-German or Roman, but the Hebrew reference implicit in Bersteins exclamation already made me think of the German words Ganove/Ganovin (male and female versions of what may be translated to crook in a very NHR sense). Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
