Comments on: Jokes in Yiddish http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/ Neil Kramer is a writer in Los Angeles. Citizen of the Month is his blog. Make yourself at home. Sat, 17 May 2008 01:07:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jan http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-219165 Jan Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:10:55 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-219165 Isn't everything funnier in Yiddish? What a great language. Isn’t everything funnier in Yiddish?
What a great language.

]]> By: kerrianne http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218997 kerrianne Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:18:04 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218997 Yeah, seriously. Some guy (from Nigeria, I think?) asks me to deposit some of my own money in an off-shore bank account for you every time I visit your site. Something about you needing money to start a water polo team or something. Yeah, seriously. Some guy (from Nigeria, I think?) asks me to deposit some of my own money in an off-shore bank account for you every time I visit your site. Something about you needing money to start a water polo team or something.

]]> By: Pearl http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218996 Pearl Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:03:48 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218996 The "ta'am" of Yiddish really should have no translations. Nuances of the language, and even of the body language and facial expressions -- while telling a story or a joke in Yiddish -- can get lost in translation. (An aside: I think I once told you that I copy edited this book: http://www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Anything-Nice-Yiddish/dp/0806527315) The “ta’am” of Yiddish really should have no translations. Nuances of the language, and even of the body language and facial expressions — while telling a story or a joke in Yiddish — can get lost in translation.
(An aside: I think I once told you that I copy edited this book: http://www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Anything-Nice-Yiddish/dp/0806527315)

]]> By: Mr. Fabulous http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218975 Mr. Fabulous Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:52:35 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218975 WHAT? I DO pay to come here. Some guy appears and shakes me down for five bucks whenever I visit. WHAT? I DO pay to come here. Some guy appears and shakes me down for five bucks whenever I visit.

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218974 Neil Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:50:37 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218974 Catnapping -- Do you know Yiddish? Catnapping — Do you know Yiddish?

]]> By: catnapping http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218973 catnapping Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:45:57 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218973 i read somewhere that men only have two moods: horny and hungry. so if he doesn't have an erection, you make him a sandwich... i read somewhere that men only have two moods: horny and hungry.

so if he doesn’t have an erection, you make him a sandwich…

]]> By: Dagny http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218966 Dagny Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:38:23 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218966 Nina is right. Schlepp is a very necessary word. And I'm afraid I laughed the hardest when I read the directions to your mom. It sounded like something I would say to my mom. Nina is right. Schlepp is a very necessary word.

And I’m afraid I laughed the hardest when I read the directions to your mom. It sounded like something I would say to my mom.

]]> By: Inarticulate Fumblings http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218964 Inarticulate Fumblings Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:25:06 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218964 Mom... turn the sound on... a joke in itself. I sent a picture to my grandma the other day. I didn't format it to make it smaller. I spent half an hour on the phone to try and explain what a scroll bar was and how to use it. No luck. Mom… turn the sound on… a joke in itself. I sent a picture to my grandma the other day. I didn’t format it to make it smaller. I spent half an hour on the phone to try and explain what a scroll bar was and how to use it. No luck.

]]> By: Nina http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218959 Nina Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:55:33 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218959 Everyone should know more Yiddish. And I do mean everyone. Who can do without the word schlepp? Who can make it even a week? Everyone should know more Yiddish. And I do mean everyone. Who can do without the word schlepp? Who can make it even a week?

]]> By: psychotoddler http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218952 psychotoddler Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:49:20 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/14/jokes-in-yiddish/#comment-218952 Yiddish jokes are funny just because it sounds like the guy is coughing and spitting at you. You could deliver a eulogy in Yiddish and have the crowd in stitches. I just hate when they tell the whole joke in English and do the punch line in Yiddish. Yiddish jokes are funny just because it sounds like the guy is coughing and spitting at you. You could deliver a eulogy in Yiddish and have the crowd in stitches.

I just hate when they tell the whole joke in English and do the punch line in Yiddish.

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