Sep. 21st, 2012

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A couple of weeks ago, LanguageHat posted about a "Yekkish" dictionary, documenting the modified German used by German Jews, or Yekkes. Not only do I remember my father using that word, but all the vocabulary mentioned is familiar to me, overheard when my parents spoke with older relatives during rare visits.

Yekkes are detail-oriented, and also mostly extinct. )
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