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Re: The Funny/strange/interesting/random Tweets Thread
« Reply #2560 on: September 08, 2022, 06:45:52 PM »
And you can harp about the Yiddish you speak vs. the one spoken in Williamsburg for as long as you'd like, but the fact remains that Yiddish as a living language exists only in the Chassidish world - and I'm specifically EXCLUDING Chabad here. Regardless of how well you speak Yiddish, it is simply not the language lingua franca in CH et al today; the version of Yiddish spoken by Chabad is more archaic that what's spoken on the street (for better or for worse).

(And to be a bit pedantic, I haven't met a Yiddish speaker who doesn't know what a פאָר פֿאָלק is. I'll take the liberty to suggest that your accent threw them off.)

I am not harping about the Yiddish I speak vs the one spoken in Williamsburg. FTR when in Williamsburg I try to adapt, though I probably do sound a bit foreign (nothing to do with accent, it's just that I'm never sure when I should mix in the Yiddishized pronunciation of an English word - such as קאפל  ;)). And while I will agree that Yiddish as a living language does indeed exist in the "Chassidish world" - excluding Chabad (though my kids, both boys and girls, specifically go to schools where Yiddish is encouraged and its use rewarded). However at the rate things are going (in KJ and Williamsburg which I visit more often than other "yiddish speaking" communities) English is taking over quite rapidly.

Interestingly, while the Rebbe spoke and had torah published in Yiddish, and it has special status as being the language of רבותינו נשיאינו and the language which was used to deliver תורת החסידות, when it came to teaching children who's native tongue was not Yiddish, the Rebbe was quite clear that learning should take place in the language the children are most comfortable using (as heard in a recording of a private audience with Senator Lautenberg IINM).
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Re: The Funny/strange/interesting/random Tweets Thread
« Reply #2561 on: September 08, 2022, 11:49:21 PM »
Gotta love the memes about what Lapid could potentially say after the death of QE2. (Parodies based on real ridiculous things he said).

https://twitter.com/tamnuniter/status/1568064060612116482
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Re: The Funny/strange/interesting/random Tweets Thread
« Reply #2562 on: September 09, 2022, 12:24:21 AM »
Lengthy thread that might or might not interest many. Gives a glimpse into things we take for granted but are actually so complex and require constant management. @aygart

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Re: The Funny/strange/interesting/random Tweets Thread
« Reply #2564 on: September 09, 2022, 08:18:02 AM »
Of course. American Yiddish is very different than Israeli Yiddish - but I think everyone can understand each other pretty well by using context.

I was in Estonia a few weeks ago and trying to have a conversation with a bunch of locals at the Shabbos meal. Their English was terrible and my Estonian and Russian non-existent. We weren't communicating very well until I thought to try in Yiddish - and then we sat and schmoozed for hours. I didn't understand every single word they said and I'm sure it went the other way as well, but the language was the same and we got along swimmingly.

Now if you'd put me into a room with the Harry Potter dude, we may as well be speaking Mandarin. That's the real difference between Chassidish/Chabad/Israeli/European/whatever and what I call YIVO Yiddishist.
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Re: The Funny/strange/interesting/random Tweets Thread
« Reply #2565 on: September 09, 2022, 08:23:12 AM »

Love the guy's response with the big brown hat.
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Re: The Funny/strange/interesting/random Tweets Thread
« Reply #2566 on: September 09, 2022, 09:08:13 AM »
Love the guy's response with the big brown hat.
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« Reply #2567 on: September 09, 2022, 09:32:08 AM »
Love the guy's response with the big brown hat.
What do you love more, the response or the hat?
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Re: The Funny/strange/interesting/random Tweets Thread
« Reply #2569 on: September 09, 2022, 12:04:26 PM »
Lengthy thread that might or might not interest many. Gives a glimpse into things we take for granted but are actually so complex and require constant management. @aygart


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Re: The Funny/strange/interesting/random Tweets Thread
« Reply #2573 on: September 11, 2022, 04:05:16 PM »
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