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Quick study.
Fun "talking" with you, Howie Zolst leben un zein gezunt! Mila "Howie" wrote in message ... BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: I am lucky, Mila. There's little more important than being lucky in love. Better.... MUCH better!!! Quick study. Mila "Howie" wrote in message ... BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: She won't answer, but in those days, there was none to compare with. Not that you're in any way prone to prejudice on the topic! {But take my advice, in such matters sticking to the present tense is always the best choice. At worst, it ups your chances of "getting lucky". For some reason this calls to mind that recently a [very lovely] friend's husband made the mistake of reacting to her new red haircolor by saying "I married a blonde!". Without missing a beat, she replied "And I married a 23 year-old with a 29 inch waist... kinda explains that "better or worse" thing, I guess".) I am lucky, Mila. There's little more important than being lucky in love. Mila "Howie" wrote in message ... BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: ...The way I used to get a cab to Brooklyn as a teenager was to get IN the cab before I told the driver where I wanted to go. This always worked. One can only assume, Eileen, that you're a world-class beauty! She won't answer, but in those days, there was none to compare with. Howie Mila "Eileen Garland" wrote in message ... BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: Cab drivers certainly can be a bit "crazy-making", can't they? I don't know much [oh, let's be honest here, I know nothing] about Lisbon's taxi laws. They [drivers] undoubtedly pay no attention to them anyhow... kind of like NYC cabbies. Trying to get a Manhattan cabbie to take you into Brooklyn can be maddening. (I do, by the way [and it's way too complicated a story to get into here] have reason to know that certain "contracts" [presumably, even verbal ones] there are only considered binding if in Portuguese.} Tee hee. The way I used to get a cab to Brooklyn as a teenager was to get IN the cab before I told the driver where I wanted to go. This always worked. Eileen |
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BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: Quick study. Fun "talking" with you, Howie Zolst leben un zein gezunt! Mila Oy vey, my Yiddish sucks. Alevei. Howie |
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Oy vey, my Yiddish sucks.
Well I think these days goyim know more of the really cool old Yiddish expressions than anybody. Mila "Howie" wrote in message ... BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: Quick study. Fun "talking" with you, Howie Zolst leben un zein gezunt! Mila Oy vey, my Yiddish sucks. Alevei. Howie |
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BTC/TAK on ACK wrote:
Oy vey, my Yiddish sucks. Well I think these days goyim know more of the really cool old Yiddish expressions than anybody. Mila Yiddish is such a marvelously colorful spoken language, with a kind of built in irony that does not exist in English. Over the years, I've found it very challenging to translate the connotative meaning of many words and expressions for friends (both jewish and gentile). It really is a pity that the language is dying out. Howie |
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Yiddish is such a marvelously colorful spoken language,
Maybe it's the NY in me, but I find, for example, "Zolst leben un zein gezunt!" has just that little more to it [and is just more fun to say] than "You should live and be well!". Mila ----- Original Message ----- From: "BTC/TAK on ACK" Newsgroups: rec.travel.cruises Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 9:08 PM Subject: Recommendations - the perfect climate? Quick study. Fun "talking" with you, Howie "Howie" wrote in message ... BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: Oy vey, my Yiddish sucks. Well I think these days goyim know more of the really cool old Yiddish expressions than anybody. Mila Yiddish is such a marvelously colorful spoken language, with a kind of built in irony that does not exist in English. Over the years, I've found it very challenging to translate the connotative meaning of many words and expressions for friends (both jewish and gentile). It really is a pity that the language is dying out. Howie |
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BTC/TAK on ACK wrote:
Yiddish is such a marvelously colorful spoken language, Maybe it's the NY in me, but I find, for example, "Zolst leben un zein gezunt!" has just that little more to it [and is just more fun to say] than "You should live and be well!". Mila We are so far OT, that I have taken this to private e-mail. Howie |
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Eileen Garland wrote: BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: Cab drivers certainly can be a bit "crazy-making", can't they? I don't know much [oh, let's be honest here, I know nothing] about Lisbon's taxi laws. They [drivers] undoubtedly pay no attention to them anyhow... kind of like NYC cabbies. Trying to get a Manhattan cabbie to take you into Brooklyn can be maddening. (I do, by the way [and it's way too complicated a story to get into here] have reason to know that certain "contracts" [presumably, even verbal ones] there are only considered binding if in Portuguese.} Tee hee. The way I used to get a cab to Brooklyn as a teenager was to get IN the cab before I told the driver where I wanted to go. This always worked. When I was growing up in Brooklyn I didn't take cabs, just used the bus or the subway. sue |
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Howie wrote: BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: Quick study. Fun "talking" with you, Howie Zolst leben un zein gezunt! Mila Oy vey, my Yiddish sucks. Alevei. LOL.....thats about as far as my Yiddish goes also!!!!! sue |
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BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: Growing up in Brooklyn... No kidding? Where? I spent my college years in the always easy to get a cab to Fort Greene, then near B'klyn College, and finally in Park Slope until I left NY. Did we have this converation before?? I am a Brooklyn Girl, grew up in Park Slope and moved near Erasmus, but went to Midwood. sue |
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Howie wrote: BTC/TAK on ACK wrote: Yiddish is such a marvelously colorful spoken language, Maybe it's the NY in me, but I find, for example, "Zolst leben un zein gezunt!" has just that little more to it [and is just more fun to say] than "You should live and be well!". Mila We are so far OT, that I have taken this to private e-mail. No fair!! I was really enjoying this. sue |
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