Re: yiddish language decline?

[lenka lichtenberg <lenkal...>]

Regarding the question of DEAD or not:  how do you like the term UNDEAD,
which is how the main character of Michael Wex's new play, tentatively
titled "Tongues At Sunset", describes Yiddish...(the play features songs of
Michel Gelbart, quite dead, apart from his music).(i'll say no more, you'll
have to come and see for yourselves...)
                                                               lenka,
feeling rather lively today

>........ >I'm a bit surpised that it would be considered "dying" because
there seems to be so much conscientious effort towards preservation.
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>> isn't it basically dead tho'? ...basically "dead" by the definition of
"no full society speaks it anymore" if you know what i mean.
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> > a language that isn't ALREADY dead wouldn't NEED "so much conscientious
effort towards preservation."
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> -yakov (back to transcribing tunes...) chodosh.
> http://yakov.cjb.net
> and now the links actually work!
> (thanks folks)
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