http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2009/11/01/a-language-of-smiles/ Miscellaneous ramblings on miscellaneous topics Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2009/11/01/a-language-of-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-3297 Head Geek Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:16:13 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=1898#comment-3297 <p>And a very filling meal it is. :-)</p> And a very filling meal it is.

]]> http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2009/11/01/a-language-of-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 Ploni Almoni Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:16:41 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=1898#comment-3296 <p>Interesting. Everything sounds "funny" in Yiddish, and the happiest Jews I've met are the Yiddish-speaking ones, though that could be the culture too, which is what I previously thought, I guess that's one of those "chicken and the egg" questions. It's also a language well-known for humor (like the Yiddish author Shalom Aleichem) and funny sayings, which sound funny even in English but in Yiddish are even funnier. Food for thought.</p> Interesting. Everything sounds “funny” in Yiddish, and the happiest Jews I’ve met are the Yiddish-speaking ones, though that could be the culture too, which is what I previously thought, I guess that’s one of those “chicken and the egg” questions. It’s also a language well-known for humor (like the Yiddish author Shalom Aleichem) and funny sayings, which sound funny even in English but in Yiddish are even funnier. Food for thought.

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