[Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: January 18, 2007 from Steven Tulsky on 2007-01-21 (The Czernowitz-L Archive)

From: Steven Tulsky <tulsky_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:34:16 -0800
To: Czernowitz Genealogy and History <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Reply-to: Steven Tulsky <tulsky_at_earthlink.net>

Hi Mimi (and others),

My Czernowitzer Mother (of blessed memory) used to refer to that totally out
of the way place as "Yechupetz"--does that ring any bells?

Steve Tulsky

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> Subject: [Cz-L] Czernowitz Yiddish expressions
> From: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:08:47 -0500
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> Dear Czernowitzers,
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> There are a number of common Yiddish expressions,
> I remember from Czernowitz.
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> To describe a totally out of the way place, we said it was Yedinitz.
> The closest approximation to this name, is Yedintsy in the Republic
> of Moldavia. Does anyone know where the expression "Yedinetz" originated?
>
> Another Yiddish expression was: "Hotsem Klotzem", this was used to comment
> on a person saying something inappropriate or untrue. Does anyone know the
> origins of this expression?
>
> Mimi
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