On 21 Nov 2005 12:33:11 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) wrote:
>Yiddish is written using Hebrew[1] letters; anything that you see >using the Roman alphabet is simply a transliteration and is >intrinsically nonstandard. I believe that the word is a composit of a >German shlie meaning without and a Hebrew mazal meaning luck. > >[1] Well, really Aramaic This weekend's episode of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? had an interview with someone who wrote a book about the origins of Yiddish. I never would have guessed (I'm a Gentile) that it started off with Frenchmen moving to Germany, adding on some Hebrew for obfuscation. You might find the article on http://www.notmuch.com/Show/ if you're interested. But if you're into obfuscation, try http://thc.org/root/phun/unmaintain.html How To Write Unmaintainable Code Ensure a job for life ;-) Roedy Green Both are fun - but the second is close to on-topic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
