tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post5450696780691005335..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: Word of the Day: YeshivishKochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-67967730524912469562011-10-20T17:25:32.172-04:002011-10-20T17:25:32.172-04:00My first exposure to Yeshivaish was my first expos...My first exposure to Yeshivaish was my first exposure to a shiur on parenting. <br />I took German in High school so some of the Yiddish I understood from German or context. My biggest problem was I spent 6 months wondering what Russian Horror was and why a person would be accused of being a Russia when the proper conjugation would be a Russian.<br />Rabbi Shappiro's accent made me completelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-31766499058623189292011-10-12T03:53:01.871-04:002011-10-12T03:53:01.871-04:00The Curmudgeonly Israeli Giyoret says:
I'm th...The Curmudgeonly Israeli Giyoret says:<br /><br />I'm the Anonymous above. I'm quite sure I went to a shiur with this Rebbitzen :)<br /><br />She has another video up for Succot in which the actress also appears as her mother ("What happenned during her second year in Israel? Did she swallow a chipmunk?")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-3815594002328481942011-10-11T03:19:14.512-04:002011-10-11T03:19:14.512-04:00"mish-mash"
The correct pronunciation w..."mish-mash"<br /><br />The correct pronunciation would be "mish-MOSH".<br /><br />She's good, but there's too much fumfering around and not enough ehrliche shprach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-50170212445121684132011-10-10T13:44:15.521-04:002011-10-10T13:44:15.521-04:00That video was great. Like all good theater, it c...That video was great. Like all good theater, it captured the subtleties of the subject of the parody. Never making a clear explanation or rationale, lack of clear thought, the mannerisms. Really well done.<br /><br />You can already see I am no fan of 'yeshivish'. When spoken in the course of learning, I don't think of it as yeshivish. It is simply the vocabulary that suits the Mordechai Y. Scherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774262478551329181noreply@blogger.com