Zaftig
The NY Times crossword today (Saturdays is the toughest), clue 30 down: Rubenesque. The word wanted is zaftig. JockAMo used this word on this board in talking about the phrase, It aint over until the...
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It isn't really a change, though. Since Yiddish is transliterated from Hebrew characters, spelling has always been fluid. I've seen the spelling 'zaftig' more often than 'zaftik'; it's obviously been...
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kurwamac, since you're versed in the transliteration of Hebrew into Yiddish, have you ever since the Hebrew word for seven transliterated as "shebang?" I found an 1849 journal article saying that that...
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I didn't log in, so I can't edit the last post to change "since" to "seen." Bear with me.
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the transliteration of Hebrew into YiddishThis isn't a strictly correct description, but I can see how kurwamac's "Yiddish is transliterated from Hebrew characters" was misleading. Yiddish is...
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OK, GPP, I re-phrase it:kurwamac, since you're versed in the rendering of Yiddish/Hebrew characters into English/Yiddish, have you ever seen the Yiddish word for seven rendered as "shebang?" I found...
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I don't remember 1849 very well, as I was quite young at the time, but I certainly haven't seen it since. What was the journal?
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I was a year off -- should have been 1850; viz:WESTMINSTER REVIEW ON SEPTENARY INSTITUTIONS in The Westminster Review, No. CVI, October, 1850; re-printed in New Englander and Yale Review / Volume 10,...
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I don't remember 1849 very well, as I was quite young at the time, but I certainly haven't seen it since. What was the journal? Kurwamac, consider yourself trolled. We've all been suckered into this...
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Jim, what was the address of your link? I'm just getting the "Cannot find/display" page.
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Sorry the last discussion is here. I was attracted to the idea at first as were others.I'll address Ozzie's direct link in my next note.
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Ozzie is suggesting that he has found an earlier citation I'm not "suggesting" this -- I did find it, and you will too if you search the word "shebang" at Cornell's Making of America search site. The...
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Ozzie, 'shebang' is certainly there - but the remainder of that footnote and in particular, the final paragraph, leads me to believe that this is a critical commentary. It casts doubt on the validity...
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Thank you dma. You said in a few words that which took me way too long to describe in a new thread. The etymology that Ozzie keeps raising is responded to in the very footnote he cites!
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The concluding portion of the footnote, which is set out below, criticizes the etymology presented for the Hebrew word seven, but does not criticize the rendering of it into English as shebang;...
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