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Re: Yiddish Question

From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Yiddish Question
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 23:16:31 +0100

On Tue 4 Sep 2001 (13:50:17), stoney AT touchwood.net wrote:
> I have always assumed, on no evidence whatever, that the 'vey'
> represented German 'weh'='woe'. Run it by your German professor . . .
>
From a poem I learnt at school:

Ein Winzer, der am Tode lag,
Rief seine Kinder zu und sprach:
'In unserm Weinberg liegt ein Schatz;
Grabt nur danach!' - 'An welchem Platz?'
Schrie alles laut den Vater an.
'Grabt nur!' - O weh! da starb der Mann. (usw)
^^^^^
First stanza from Gottfried August Buerger, /Die Schatzgraeber/.

HTH
Ben
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Yiddish Question, Matthew R. Miller, 09/04/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: Yiddish Question, Trevor Peterson, 09/04/2001
- Re: Yiddish Question, Jonathan D. Safren, 09/04/2001
- Re: Yiddish Question, Kevin W. Woodruff, 09/04/2001
- Re: Yiddish Question, stoney, 09/04/2001
- RE: Yiddish Question, Trevor Peterson, 09/04/2001
- Re: Yiddish Question, Ben Crick, 09/04/2001
- RE: Yiddish Question, Lisbeth S. Fried, 09/04/2001