Usually in Yiddish which they pretend not to understand. From Wordnik.com. ["Profiling" in airports] Reference
She told me in Yiddish that there was not sufficient food. From Wordnik.com. [My Grandparents' Legacy] Reference
Yiddish is a dialect of German, and arose in the Rhineland. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » European Languages Outside Europe] Reference
Handbills in English, Yiddish and Italian advertised the clinic. From Wordnik.com. [RHRealityCheck.org] Reference
Yiddish is my mother language and a mother is never really dead. From Wordnik.com. [Isaac Bashevis Singer - Banquet Speech] Reference
Besides, who wants a car whose name, in Yiddish, means "trouble"?. From Wordnik.com. [Best makes/models of cars to have in Mexico] Reference
John Paul II, who was fluent in Yiddish, was one notable example. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » European Languages Outside Europe] Reference
Yiddish is the primary language, with very little American spoken. From Wordnik.com. [“The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” by Michael Chabon (Harpercollins, 2007) « The BookBanter Blog] Reference
Handbills advertised the location in English, Yiddish, and Italian. From Wordnik.com. [Birth Control Movement in the United States.] Reference
You have more chutzpah than anyone I know (that means “balls” in Yiddish). From Wordnik.com. [Crossroads and Choices @ Attack of the Redneck Mommy] Reference
(Great laughter) The speaker then gave the song in Yiddish, amid loud laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Jazz; Whence? Why? Whither?] Reference
For many haredi, Yiddish is their native language as well as their primary one. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » European Languages Outside Europe] Reference
I'm sure that they talked about it among themselves in Yiddish, but I didn't know it. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Roth: On Writing, Aging And 'Nemesis'] Reference
Identifying as an anarchist, Goldman lectured to crowds in English, Yiddish and German. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Information for Emma Goldman] Reference
At the tender age of 11, Walter caught the acting bug, and started playing in Yiddish theatre. From Wordnik.com. [John Farr: Missing Mr. Matthau] Reference
Yiddish is the wise and humble language of us all, the idiom of frightened and hopeful Humanity. From Wordnik.com. [Isaac Bashevis Singer - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Tateh, we called him, That means father in Yiddish. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Color of Water by James McBride] Reference
Those who are immigrants speak a Yiddish-inflected English. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Paley.] Reference
Ginny was still crying lightly, but also crooning something in Yiddish. From Wordnik.com. [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: LESBIANS HAVING BABIES] Reference
Their Yiddish was a localized version; but they also spoke "proper" Yiddish. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 3] Reference
"She said something else, one more sentence, but it was in German, Yiddish, or Hebrew. From Wordnik.com. [Black and Blue]
When we came to read Genesis I had the great advantage of a complete translation in Yiddish. From Wordnik.com. [The Promised Land] Reference
The custom of printing their pidgin German, known as Yiddish, in Hebrew characters provides the. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Societies And Subversive Movements] Reference
I forgot the capital Y in "Yiddish"; that was totally unintentional. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: YIDDISH WITH DICK AND JANE.] Reference
FOXWORTHY: The word Yiddish?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2005] Reference
Is the word Yiddish in there?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2005] Reference
Yiddish is wonderfully descriptive. From Wordnik.com. [personal post alert] Reference
How do you say LOL in Yiddish anyway?. From Wordnik.com. [middle of the night fears] Reference
But they taught Dad "Yiddish," which is still useful in parts of Brooklyn, Miami, etc. From Wordnik.com. [eHam.net News] Reference
Look at hybrid languages such as Yiddish and Ladino, hybrid musics, cooking - even philosophy. From Wordnik.com. [Culturebot] Reference
Schlep is defined as the Yiddish meaning of pull. From Wordnik.com. [In Florida, The 'Great Schlep' Could Connect The Youth & Elderly Vote for Obama] Reference
This disquisition on Yiddish is the latest Kozinski frolic. From Wordnik.com. [Shnook & Shnook] Reference
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