Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Yiddish wit and wisdom

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Another old Yiddish proverb:
Better a crooked foot than a crooked mind 
Beser a krumer fus eyder a krumer kop
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9 comments:

  1. GosiaDecember 31, 2015 at 12:14 AM

    definitely right

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  2. William KendallDecember 31, 2015 at 12:14 AM

    An interesting saying, and it makes sense.

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  3. HelsDecember 31, 2015 at 1:09 AM

    Oh I agree totally.
    And I love your proper, Litvish accent :) Just like my mum's

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  4. Petrea BurchardDecember 31, 2015 at 5:33 AM

    Great saying! I love the Yiddish language. "Kop" is a perfect word.

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  5. DinaDecember 31, 2015 at 1:04 PM

    Petrea, you know to appreciate it because you have an honorary "Yiddishe Kopf." :)

    Hels, full disclosure: I don't know Yiddish; I can only guess at its pronunciation insofar as it is close to German, which I do know.
    I have copied and pasted mostly from this source:
    http://www.yiddishisms.com/yiddish-7.html

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  6. GreensboroDailyPhotoDecember 31, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    As a language person, I have enjoyed your posts this week. I feel like I have been in language class- so much wonderful vocabulary and etymology!

    Happy New Year and Here's to another great year with City Daily Photo!

    Janis (and David)
    GDP

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  7. KarlDecember 31, 2015 at 7:02 PM

    So right !

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  8. VPDecember 31, 2015 at 8:39 PM

    Another good one!

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  9. crystalJanuary 1, 2016 at 8:26 AM

    I like Yiddish words too, like zaftig :) Happy New Year, Dina!

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