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elainegrey ([personal profile] elainegrey) wrote2017-10-03 02:25 pm
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haimish

Today in my NYTimes reading, twice, the word "haimish," which i don't recall ever seeing before.

From Wikipedia: Haimish (also Heimish): Home-like, friendly, folksy (Yiddish היימיש heymish, cf. German heimisch)

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[personal profile] weofodthignen 2017-10-03 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, Yiddish is still a mammaloschen in NYC, although I didn't realize till I came to the US how few of the Yiddishisms I'd picked up from old movies were current in normal American slang.
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[personal profile] elainegrey 2017-10-04 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
And another word looked up....
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