On 6/1/2013 2:32 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 01/06/2013 2:51 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
>> Isn't knaidel (another word for dumpling) a transcription from Yiddish
>> and therefore has no standard spelling?
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> I agree. That just ain't right. When I checked I saw that there were
> variations of the English<?> spelling and that there are German and
> English words for the same thing.... Gnodel and noodle.
> I do a lot of crosswords and am finding increasing numbers of
> non-English words in them. Nothing against Yiddish or any other
> language, but word games and spelling bees should stick to one language.
>


I've been thinking that when I've seen the past few years' Nat'l Bee
words. I've finally realized that because these kids are so good (and
so practiced and well-trained), the strange words are there to weed out
kids or the Bee would be six months-long.

gloria p