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Default National Spelling bee winning word: "knaidel"
On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 23:15:02 +0200, (Victor Sack)
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>zxcvbob > wrote:
>
>> Isn't knaidel (another word for dumpling) a transcription from Yiddish
>> and therefore has no standard spelling?
>
>Sometimes spelling means a lot more than an entry in a random
>dictionary:
>
>Jewish Identity, Spelled in Yiddish
>By DARA HORN
>
><http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/opinion/jewish-identity-spelled-in-yiddish.html>

That artical is a lot of hooey.

Ferdratah nisht kuhp... there is *NEVER* a correct spelling for a
_transliteration_... N E V E R ! ! !

Whoever put the Yiddish woid for matzo ball in an English spelling bee
is an IMBECILE[period]

I can spell the woid (knaydel) ten different ways, ALL correct ! ! !


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