Re: Fwd: Fw: Is this Yiddish legal?

[Lori Cahan-Simon <lsimon...>]

Lawyers, whaddya want?  Actually, I think they got the spelling from Leo
Rosten's _The Joys of Yiddish_, wherein he spells things for goyim, in all
likelihood.  He could've gone YIVO, but obviously didn't.  He was really my
first entree into Yiddish as a young person.  Great jokes!

Lori


At 02:47 PM 7/29/99 PDT, you wrote:
>
>Close enough for Jazz..but the spelling is atrocious!
>TCG
>
>>From: Lori Cahan-Simon <lsimon (at) SoftHome(dot)net>
>>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>>Subject: Re: Fwd: Fw: Is this Yiddish legal?
>>Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:55:26 -0400
>>
>>I know this isn't the subject of our discussion, but I thought it was cute.
>>  If this kind of thing should not be posted please let me know.
>>
>> >> Subject: Is this Yiddish legal?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > > From an article reprinted from the Rainbow
>> >> Reporter, December 1991:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >   "In the heat of litigation, tempers often
>> >> flare and lawyers sometimes
>> >> > > have difficulty expressing their frustrations.
>> >> When English fails,
>> >> > Yiddish
>> >> > > may come to the rescue.  So it happened that
>> >> defense attorneys arguing
>> >> in
>> >> > a
>> >> > > recent summary judgment motion in federal court
>> >> in Boston wrote, in a
>> >> > > responsive pleading, 'It is unfortunate that
>> >> this Court must wade
>> >> through
>> >> > > the dreck of plaintiff's original and
>> >> supplemental statement of
>> >> undisputed
>> >> > > facts.'  The plaintiffs' attorneys, not to be
>> >> outdone, responded with a
>> >> > > motion that could double as a primer on
>> >> practical Yiddish for
>> >> lawyers....
>> >> > >
>> >> > >   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
>> >> > >   DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
>> >> > >
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> > >   MONICA SANTIAGO, Plaintiff,
>> >> > >                                           v.
>> >> > >   SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, et al.
>> >> > >                                   Defendants.
>> >> > >
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> > >   Civ. No. 87-2799-T
>> >> > >
>> >> > >   PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE IMPERTINENT AND
>> >> SCANDALOUS MATTER
>> >> > >
>> >> > >      Plaintiff, by her attorneys, hereby moves
>> >> this Court pursuant to
>> >> Rule
>> >> > > 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to
>> >> strike as impertinent
>> >> and
>> >> > > scandalous the characterization of her factual
>> >> submission as "dreck" on
>> >> > > page 11 of Defendant's Rule 56.1 Supplemental
>> >> Statement of Disputed
>> >> Facts
>> >> > > (a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
>> >> A).  As grounds
>> >> therefore,
>> >> > > plaintiff states:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > 1.  For almost four years now, plaintiff and her
>> >> attorneys have been
>> >> > > subjected to the constant kvetching by
>> >> defendants' counsel, who have
>> >> made
>> >> > a
>> >> > > big tsimmes about the quantity and quality of
>> >> plaintiff's responses to
>> >> > > discovery requests.  This has been the source of
>> >> much tsouris among
>> >> > > plaintiff's counsel and a big megillah for the
>> >> Court.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > 2.  Now that plaintiff's counsel has, after much
>> >> time and effort,
>> >> > provided
>> >> > > defendants with a specific and comprehensive
>> >> statement of  plaintiff's
>> >> > > claims and the factual basis thereof,
>> >> defendants' counsel have  the
>> >> > > chutzpah to call it "dreck" and to urge the
>> >> Court to ignore it.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > 3.  Plaintiff moves that this language be
>> >> stricken for several reasons.
>> >> > > First, we think it is impertinent to refer to
>> >> the work of a fellow
>> >> member
>> >> > > of the bar of this Court with the Yiddish term
>> >> "dreck" as it would be to
>> >> > > use "the sibilant four-letter English word for
>> >> excrement."
>> >> (Rosten,
>> >> > > The Joys of Yiddish (Simon & Schuster, New York,
>> >> NY (1968) p. 103.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Second, defendants are in no position to
>> >> deprecate plaintiff's counsel
>> >> in
>> >> > > view  of  the  chozzerai which they have filed
>> >> over the course of this
>> >> > > litigation.  Finally, since not all of
>> >> plaintiff's lawyers are yeshiva
>> >> > > bochurs,  defendants should  not have assumed
>> >> that they would all be
>> >> > > conversant in Yiddish.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > WHEREFORE, plaintiff prays that the Court put an
>> >> end to the mishegoss
>> >> and
>> >> > > strike "dreck."
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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