On 06/06/2013 5:38 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> 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 ! ! !
>
>


Besides, while it may be a foreign (Yiddish) word that has been adapted
into English, I would suggest that its use is probably limited to those
who speak Yiddish or within the Jewish community. It is not widespread.
I lived in an area with enough of a Jewish community that about 25% of
the students in my highschool were Jews. I never heard the word.