Mendele: Yiddish literature and language
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Contents of Vol. 6.186
January 5, 1997

1) Serdatsky's "Lilien" (Kenneth Wishnia)
2) Kheshbon and *!@% (David Herskovic)
3) A ganev (David Herskovic)
4) Jet-lag oyf yidish (Peter Kluehs)

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Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 20:42:45 -0500 (EST)
From: kwishnia@ccmail.sunysb.edu
Subject: Serdatsky's "Lilien"

I am translating Yente Serdatsky's "A simkhe" for the journal _Yiddish_.

The story was first published in the _Forverts_ in May, 1912.  At one
point, a woman is sitting in a dark room with a shaft of moonlight
streaking her hair and the author writes, "un zi hot oysgezehn vi
Lilien's kenigin der nakht" ("and she looked like Lilien's Queen of the
Night"; all spelling reflects the original orthography, including the
unnecessary possessive apostrophe).

Does anyone know who Lilien is?  I am inclined to believe that it is the
name of a prominent opera or stage singer of the period (or earlier) who
performed in _The Magic Flute_, or perhaps a fine artist who created
such an image.  Any ideas or alternative suggestions would be welcome.
Because of the poor quality of the text, it is possible that the final
nun is a giml, but "Lilyeg" does not seem likely as a proper name.  Any
help would be appreciated.

Kenneth Wishnia

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Date: 04 Jan 97 21:24:14 EST
From: 100114.750@compuserve.com
Subject: Kheshbon and *!@%

Joachim Neugroschel writes [6.182] that according to Weinreich kheshbon
is pronounced kheshbm.

Is this so? As far as I am aware it is kheshbn.

About the plural for the posterior [6.182, 6.183], writing hesitantly
while wriggling on mine, I think it is tukhesn, which would refer to two
pairs of them rather than a single pair. Anatomists may be interested
that in certain circles it is now refered to as a tush or a tushi.

Genig on this. I'm already feeling like Homon after waste was emptied on
him by his daughter.

David Herskovic

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Date: 04 Jan 97 21:24:19 EST
From: 100114.750@compuserve.com
Subject: A ganev

I seem to have a problem that mail goes missing from my post box. From
time to time I find volume numbers missing and must resort to the
comradeship that exists here to get others to fill me in.

Do other mendelistn have the same problem? Does it have anything to do
with Compuserve? Or is it a shed leshites reb Zeylig Bach [6.078] and a
dibek leshites reb Eliyuhi Juni [6.080]?

If my address adds up to minyen, as Pleter Kluehs suggests [6.131], ken
gor zan az a khelbene hot zikh bay mir arangekhapt in er ganvet tsi di
sforim.

David Herskovic

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Date: Sun, 05 Jan 97 15:22:00 -0500
From: pelokoha@t-online.de
Subject: Jet-lag oyf yidish

s'iz alts vider a mekhaye tsu zayn an eydes vi azoy in mendele es
shpinen zikh di fedem fun azelkhe vikhtike inyonim. az ikh kler un
trakht oykh a bisl vegn jet-lag, dukht zikh mir, az der englisher
jet-lag iz nor der halber emes.

blaybn mir den nisht bloiz hintershtelik mit undzer biologishn zeyger
ven mir  flien fun  mayrev keyn mizrakh?

un fliendik fun mizrakh keyn mayrev vet undzer bio-zeyger nisht geyn
foroys? say vi say, veln mir zayn fli-mid mit zellign, oder khulshe
deporkhe mit davidn oder flishtelik mit leyblen, ober far dem vos mir
laydn tsulib dem pozitivn oder negativn khilek tsvishn dem bio-zeyger un
dem geografishn zeyger muzn  mir aponem gefinen nokh a mer tsugepastn
oysdruk. vos zogt ir tsu *fli-zemisht* oder *fli-fardreyt*?

un oyb ir meynt az dos zenen bloiz shtusim, to megt ir mikh rufn
knaknisl. vel ikh hobn keyn shum faribl nisht az ir banutst zikh oykh
nisht mit mayne kheynevdike oystrakhtenishn.

agev, far ale mendelnitses un mendelyaner vos der tsufal oder di
gesheftn firt keyn Frankfurt, zol giltn mayn bakoshe tsu trefn zikh mit
mir far a shmues un an opru fun flimidkeyt und zemishung do in undzer
shtub.

peter kluehs
wehrheim, daytshland

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