[Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: January 24, 2007

Bravo, Hardy! This is a masterpiece!
I’m delighted and it’s a great pleasure to have you
among us.
Also, I believe that it has plenty to do with Cz-er
genealogy, via our Cz-er humour and the variety that
characterizes us!
Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Charles

--- Czernowitz Genealogy and History digest
<czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu> wrote:

> CZERNOWITZ-L Digest for Wednesday, January 24, 2007.
>
> 1. [Cz-L] Another gem from Hardy Breier...
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> Subject: [Cz-L] Another gem from Hardy Breier...
> From: jerome schatten <romers_at_shaw.ca>
> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:29:15 -0800
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> Czernowitzers...
>
> What's this? Does it have anything to do with
> Genealogy? It was a song
> by George and Ira Gershwin, from 1937. "Let's Call
> the Whole Thing Off."
> You remember maybe ...
>
> You like potato and I like potahto,
> You like tomato and I like tomahto;
> Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto!
> Let's call the whole thing off!
>
> Well from our indomitable Mr. Breier comes:
>
> YEHUPETZ
>
> YOU SAY YEHUPETZ, I SAY YEHIPETZ,
> YOU SAY BELUPETZ,I SAY BELIPETZ
> YEHUPETZ,YEHIPETZ
> BELUPETZ, BELIPETZ
> LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF….
>
> YOU CALL IT LOTKES, I CALL THEM LATKES
> YOU'RE WEARING GOTKES, I'M WEARING GATKES
> LOTKES LATKES
> GOTKES GATKES
> LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF….
>
> YOU CALL IT ZWONZIG, I CALL IT ZWANZIG
> YOU CALL IT WONZIG, I CALL IT WANZIG
> ZWONZIG, ZWANZIG
> WONZIG, WANZIG
> LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF….
>
> YOU SAY SADAGORA,I SAY SADAGERE
> YOU SAY KUCZUMARA, I SAY KUCZUMERE
> SADAGORA, SADAGERE
> KUCZUMARA, KUTCHUMERE
> LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF….
>
> YOU CALL IT ZHICZKE, I CALL IT ZHUCZKA
> YOU SAY KOLOKICHKA, I SAY KOLOKUTCHKA
> ZHICZKA ZHUCZKA, KICHKA KUCHKA
> LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF….
>
> HARDY
Received on 2007-01-25 05:33:49