Yiddish Mailing List, Issue #19 January 24, 1990 65 lines =============================== Hochmirnisht... (Seth Rosenthal) Entfer tsu noyekh (Melekh Viswanath) Yidishe compyuter verter (Melekh Viswanath) ------------------------ Digest-Message: 19/1 From: sethr@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (seth.r.rosenthal) Subject: Hochmirnisht... Date: Tue Jan 2 15:15 EST 1990 I loved the Yiddish dialogue. There was once a phone entry in the N.Y. Telephone book for a M. Hochmirnichtkeincheinig When my father saw it he almost died laughing. Seth ------------------------ Digest-Message: 19/2 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 90 11:58:00 EST From: VISWANATH@draco.rutgers.edu (Melekh Viswanath) Subject: entfer tsu noyekh forleg dos hat tsu tun mit noyekh miller's forleg az "es volt geven sheyner az men volt genitst emese verter fun unzer lebn bimkom iberzetsn compyuter verter fun english tsu yidish." ikh farshtey nisht vos er meynt. meynstu, noyekh, lemoshl az men zol nisht shraybn "klavir" far "keyboard"? agev, klavir iz an ekvivalent far keyboard vos Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter hot forgeleygt. ikh meyn az men nitst an enlekhe vort in daytsh oykh. In jeden fals, vos iz dayn meynung, noyekh? Un tsveytns, baym sof fun dayn briv, hostu geshribn epes vegn hobn an eyntsike shprakh far der gantser velt? Hob ikh dos gut farshtanen? Oyb dos iz take vos du meynst, hob ikh a meynung vegn dem, nor es iz nisht keday tsu shrayben vegn dem eyder ikh bin zikher az ikh hob gut farshtanen dayn forleg. Ikh vart af dayn entfer. Ikh meyn az dos iz mistome an inyon vos volt interesirt alemen. ------------------------ Digest-Message: 19/3 From: VISWANATH@draco.rutgers.edu (Melekh Viswanath) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 90 16:27:00 EST Subject: yidishe compyuter verter Ikh hob a farbeserung in shaykhes mit dem briv vos ikh hob geshikht nekhtn. Dos vort far 'keyboard' iz nisht klavir, es iz klavish, un tsvaytens, es iz nisht a shaferung fun doktor shekhter's; es dukht zikh, klavish nitst men nisht nor far compyuter keyboards, nor oykh far piano keyboards. Zayt mir moykhl farn tues. Melekh. ------------------------ END OF ISSUE #19 ------------------------ David (Daniel Moishe) Sherman, Toronto Moderator, mail.yiddish { uunet!attcan {AT&T Sites}!att pyramid!utai utzoo } !lsuc!dave dave@lsuc.on.ca attcan!lsuc!dave@uunet.uu.net