Re: RE [Cz-L] cora's remarks on the comments on bruce's comments

Mimi,
your expression "machst choizig foon" is indeed better.
The word "Klugscheisser" is not considered as vulgar as "Scheisse".
It may not be used during official receptions, but in daily life without problems nowadays.
Alex

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> Von: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
> An: alexander rosner <alexanderrosner_at_yahoo.de>
> CC: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; wolfgangs <wolfgangs_at_comcast.net>; 'Czernowitz Genealogy and History' <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
> Gesendet: 16:02 Donnerstag, 14.Februar 2013
> Betreff: Re: RE [Cz-L] cora's remarks on the comments on bruce's comments
>
> Alex,
>
>>   "machst dich choizig"
> means: you are becoming ridiculous, I think you meant to write:
> "machst choizig foon" which means "you make fun of..".
> In Czernowitz we were not vulgar, "chass ve-chalila"!
> And we would not have used words like "Scheisse".
>
> Yiddish cannot properly be translated into German, or any other language,
> that is why in Czernowitz, even those who knew German very well,
> spoke Yiddish, when they wanted to give their expressions a particular flavor.
>
> Mimi
>
> On Feb 14, 2013, at 9:15 AM, alexander rosner wrote:
>
>> Hardy,
>> you "machst dich choizig" of all of us.
>> "Chuchem" which comes from the Hebrew "חכם" was meant
> ironically and is better described
>> with the German word "Klugscheisser". "Oberchuchem" is
> an escalation of it.
>> I'm missing the German equivalent - maybe we should introduce
> "Oberklugscheisser"?
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>>
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