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SCA's avatar

A little familiarity with Yiddish is good for everyone.

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Pi Guy's avatar

L'Chayim!

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That's Hebrew though.

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Yeah, I tried to verify whether Hebrew ~= Yiddish and The Googler was not very clear in its results.

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"Biz hundert un tsvantsik" is the Yiddish phrase you need.

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Dag. When you talk it out you can almost hear "Be hundred and twenty,"

*sniff sniff* Actually smells German: Einhundertzwanzig.

I'm betting there's some languageology that traces something Arabicish up through Europe and into Scandanavia. The Runes of Tolkien follow that line.

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My uncle (NYC born) was scolded by his HS German teacher for saying everything with a Yiddish accent.

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