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Re: Yiddish Calypso

Carnac the Magnificent question (aka Steve Allen's Answer Man):

What do you call the day *before* Creation?

Answer:  Day-o


>Calypso is a sing-song way of talking.  And that is the view of Yiddish 
>that
>is expressed musically in "Pictures at an Exhibition".  But it isn't the
>same sing-song.  So how does one sing the Yiddish version of "Day-o"?


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