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Ya know, given recent events, certain people have made me aware that I often say shalom, call my baby daughter “bubby” and use other words like “schlep” and “schvitzing,” as though Yiddish was evil. They are, of course, assholes.

Natural, I’ll continue to use those words because I was raised on Mel Brooks movies, especially Men in Tights, which is a goddamn classic.

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Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Many Yiddish words like “schlep” are so mainstream that it doesn’t even register with me.

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- GraniteM@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  “You’ve got a little schmutz on you” just feels like the right way to tell people there’s an unspecified substance on them.
  
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- PaellaVacuum@reddeet.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Isn’t that one Dutch?
  
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VelvetStorm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Doesn’t bubby mean grandmother?

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- taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  So apparently it can be both Grandma and baby, and I have no idea why. I did double check, though.
  
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  - samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It only meant grandmother originally. the “baby” meaning almost certainly comes from it being a false cognate with the English word.
    
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