Boo-Boo

[eliott kahn <elkahn...>]

Sorry all, the last posting was not meant for the entire list. Eudora has
done me in!

BTW: THanks to  "Cymon" for his thoughtful post. I, for one, feel like an
ignoramus re: Yiddish as well as Klezmer. But it's nice from time to time
to drop a phrase in "mama loshn."

Good Shabbes,

Eliott Kahn
 


At 05:31 PM 11/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>In a message dated 11/4/99 4:43:43 AM, lsimon (at) SoftHome(dot)net writes:
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><< Amusing, but mean, Simon.  Part of the function of this list is to educate,
>right?
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>Dear Lori,
>
>My little message was meant to be mean, but I do believe, part of the 
>function of this list is to INFORM, it is up to the individual to use this 
>information to educate themselves.
>I was trying to "shine a light" on a subject that many  "Yiddishists" are not 
>aware of. There are many list members who may not be fluent in Yiddish let 
>alone in the phonetic spelling of Yiddish, including yours truly. However. it 
>would be a pity if these members felt that because they are not "proper" in 
>the use of Yiddish that they shouldn't use it. Anything that furthers an 
>interest in the language is a step in the right direction.
>
>A few years ago, a young lady (not Jewish) came in because she heard a 
>Yiddish song played on a radio program that we were involved with. She didn't 
>know the name of the tune but eventually we figured it out. She was reading 
>the names on the CD out loud, and naturally, mispronouncing every title. 
>Unfortunately, there was an individual, who is very well known in the Yiddish 
>community as a lecturer, writer, speaker, etc. This "individual" said to the 
>young lady, "You know, you are not pronouncing that correctly." The young 
>lady informed 'The :Maven" that she didn't speak Yiddish. 
>The "Maven" then informed her, in a very condescending manner, that unless 
>she learn Yiddish properly, she would never appreciate the music. The very 
>sheepishly, put the CD down, thanked me and said she would be back. She never 
>did.
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>The fact that you INFORMED us that YIVO has standardized the transliteration 
>of Yiddish, is very important to those people who want to get a formal 
>Yiddish education, but many of us speak 'a bit of Yiddish' because our 
>parents spoke it at home. However, Yiddish has been transliterated long 
>before YIVO  came up with (their) standard.  
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>If you look at the names of some of the people on the list, we have a few 
>named "Chaim" or "Haim",  a few named  "Boruch". should they sign as "Khaim", 
>and "Borukh"???
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>Lori, you do a great service to our community with the work you are doing, 
>and it would be wonderful if every one could avail themselves of the 
>resources out there. So do keep up the good work. As for me, I just plod 
>along in my "tzibrokhene Yiddish"(I'll bet I misspelled that! :-)  ) 
>
>Simon.
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