Re: Yiddish on List

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

Yosl Kurland wrote:

> But I always felt that there was some
>hidden meaning about what being Jewish is that you could say in Yiddish but
>not in English.
>

How could that not be so?  The language is custom-made for its culture, by
its culture.  That's why it's so important to have Yiddish on a Jewish music
list.  And why it's important to have translations available.

The Gypsies say "Tchatchimo Romano," the truth is told in Romany.  That has
many meanings, but I think the chief one is that, to a Gypsy, to say
something in another language is to make it false.

Owen
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