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you think you're chocolate

when you're chewing gum

2006-05-14

Yiddish craze

I think I have found my true calling, in terms of discovering a new language. Italian's on the big to-do list because my dream is to travel to Italy and Korean's a beautiful soft language, I think. But nothing, NOTHING, beats Yiddish, except maybe English. These are english words of Yiddish origin:

chutzpah : ballsiness, guts, daring, audacity, effrontery

kitsch : trash, especially gaudy trash

schmaltz : excessive sentimentality; chicken fat or drippings used as a shmeer on bread (this I guess, is where the sentimentality comes from)

shtick : comic theme; a defining habit or distinguishing feature

Bagel's a Yiddish word! I am totally made for Yiddish:)

And my favourite Yiddish word of the moment?
schmuck : a contemptible or foolish person; a jerk; literally means 'penis'

Hahaha:) Now, Yiddish is way cooler than huayu. And I bet a Yiddish sentence would be like a tongue-twister, I like!!!

Yux chewed at 10:13 p.m.

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