On Saturday, June 1, 2013 5:18:03 PM UTC-4, Steve Freides wrote:
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> Yiddish is essentially German written with the Hebrew alphabet, plus a
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> smattering of words from Hebrew and other sources. There is simply _no_
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> way to come to a perfect spelling of the word in English,

Agree. I am sure Yiddish scholars have debated spelling ad infinitum.

Like the time I tried to get the 'spelling' of 'keye-bosh'. I'd heard it enough times, but had never seen it in print. I used to hate when I had some grand idea and my mother would say "I'll put the keye-bosh on YOU". Boy, did I know she was displeased with me and would put my plan on the skids. It usually involved some boy.........