tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post850026028625211615..comments2024-03-28T14:55:27.949+02:00Comments on My Right Word: Jabotinsky SpeakingYMedadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-37719600369945308922007-09-21T14:49:00.000+02:002007-09-21T14:49:00.000+02:00I don't think Jabo was religiously observant in an...I don't think Jabo was religiously observant in any personal sense and doubt that he'd fast. Maybe it happened once.YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-74838248625420965362007-09-21T11:29:00.000+02:002007-09-21T11:29:00.000+02:00Absolutely amazing.So far as the directional choic...Absolutely amazing.<BR/><BR/>So far as the directional choices, I'm glad there was no Al Naharos Bavel imagery employed. Makes map-imagining simpler! :-)<BR/><BR/>"Ach Tishkach Yimini Habogedet Im Eshcach Et Smol Hayarden"<BR/><BR/>By the way, a somewhat older fella whose dad was both a Rabbi and a Jabotinskyite told me that Jabo would fast on Tisha Be'Av but not Yom Kippur. (If true) what do you suppose he would do today?<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid that were he to show up today he'd be so amazed at how recklessly and distractedly Jews are handling their lifeboat of a country that he'd just come to the conclusion that Jews simply aren't fit to run a country and he'd just give up on the endeavor. Two men, three opinions may be a fine quality to tout in the Beis Medrash but it does little to ensure the survival of a country.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, a git yuntif! oon a gut gebentched yur...<BR/><BR/>mnuez<BR/><A HTTP://WWW.MNUEZ.BLOGSPOT.COM HREF- HREF="" REL="nofollow">www.mnuez.blogspot.com</A>mnuezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328856077944673860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-52145770039919617642007-09-20T15:45:00.000+02:002007-09-20T15:45:00.000+02:00Yes, he also mastered English - speaking, writing ...Yes, he also mastered English - speaking, writing and translating.NGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10218432542462284721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-91773599341844380822007-09-20T00:09:00.000+02:002007-09-20T00:09:00.000+02:00He spoke about 15 languages and once made a speech...He spoke about 15 languages and once made a speech in Belgium and each quarter of an hour altered his language - Dutch, Flemish, French and YiddishYMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-75242260295118215112007-09-19T22:47:00.000+02:002007-09-19T22:47:00.000+02:00Thanks. i never realized that he learned yiddish a...Thanks. i never realized that he learned yiddish as an adult. Did he master english?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01988284974987904623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-67044301172419215192007-09-19T22:43:00.000+02:002007-09-19T22:43:00.000+02:00a) first, he learned Yiddish as an adult, no that...a) first, he learned Yiddish as an adult, no that much from home use so I presume a heimische accent was lost to him;<BR/><BR/>b) the main language of the Zionist Congresses until the 30s was Hoch-Deutch which was when Yiddish-speakers attempted to speak a real Germna but were not that successful, myabe like a Cockney in OxfordYMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-41410308904379489602007-09-19T21:43:00.000+02:002007-09-19T21:43:00.000+02:00fascinating! However, his accent is alien to any Y...fascinating!<BR/> However, his accent is alien to any Yiddih I have ever heard. He sounds like he is speaking hochdeutsch. Was that the way educated Jews spoke yiddish then? Was his a dialect that is now uncommon.<BR/> The yiddish of my bubbes and my chasiddishe friends sound quite different.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01988284974987904623noreply@blogger.com