RE: Yitzak and the Pussycats

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <yiddish...>]

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>Elementary Yiddish
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>Dos ketsale - singular
>Di ketsalakh - plural
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>There ain't no such thing as 'der ketsalakh' in Yiddish.
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>Reyzl 
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>From:  Yakov Chodosh [SMTP:ync8 (at) softhome(dot)net]
>Sent:  Thursday, October 18, 2001 11:56 PM
>To:  World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject:  Re: Yitzak and the Pussycats
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>On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 23:45:33 -0600, you wrote:
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>>Yitzak the musician (Itzak der musician) and his brothers were known by the 
>name of der Ketzelach (the pussycats).
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>A great name waiting for somebody's next klezmer band!
>and I love the use of "der musician"!
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>-Yankele der musician
>(trombonik, Der Ketzelach Klezmorim)
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