vendredi 21 mai 2004

Veibershe shtiklach An exchange on the Factory's notes wire opened another door on the world today. I asked somebody who likes fun whether we could have a story about "lots of fed-up people and a talkative captain". "...morning nick, here's what we can come up with at this point (...) cross yr fingers for a talkative captain," she replied. "...Dat's grate, tanx. Wanna byline?" "...hiya nick, humbly declining a byline in pursuit of below-radar status in this ferkakdeh country. cheers." "PARIS, 1204 yr 0935. Stealth flight understood; 'ferkakdeh' stumps us all..." The answer to that came by 'phone. "Haven't you got any Jews on the desk?" "Any Jews on the desk today?" I asked pointlessly. "No Jews today." "Ferkakdeh is Yiddish for 'completely fucked'." In gratitude for this memorable piece of information, I found an extraordinary place to be shared. I knew there were Yiddish dictionaries on the Net, but if anybody knows of a more comprehensive site and labyrinth of links than 'The Yiddish Voice' in Boston, go on, astound me. 7:40:15 PM  link   your views? []

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