Re: Mauscheln

[apikoyros <apikoyros...>]

 Joshua Horowitz <horowitz (at) styria(dot)com>writes:
>  Still in use in all the German speaking countries is the slang word
for
> money - "Maüse" (mice, pronounced Moyse, the source of which may also
be
> Moyshe). In Berlin, the term Moos is used, which is a dialect
>.pronunciation of the word for Maus (mouse) and is a substitute word for
>.the term "Ratten" (which means both rats, as well as "payment in
> installments"). Complex enough? Josh

Some more details:
Both 'moys' and 'moos' sound like two common pronunciations of the
Yiddish word (mem-ayin-vov-tof), meaning money, commonly occurring 
in the phrase 'moes khitin,' funds for the poor to buy passover matzos. 

'Mues' is also the title of a Yiddish song sung by Adrienne Cooper in her

Ghetto Tango. this song is in the same vein but shows a darker cynicism 
and sarcasm than Joel Grey's "Money makes the world go around" from 
Cabaret. 

Lee Friedman
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