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After that many people wanted to be recorded; some called Thomas Edison, the phonograph's inventor "bal-moyekh [a man with brains], or ayzerner kop [a great head], a Yiddish metaphor for an exceptionally smart person." In some shtetls though people completely refused to be recorded. [22] [g] All members of the expedition were assimilated Jews. [25]
Shabbos goy: A non-Jew who performs labour forbidden on the Jewish Sabbath for observant Jews; sometimes used (by implication) for someone who "does the dirty work" for another person. (from Yiddish שבת Shabbos, Sabbath and גױ goy, a non-Jew) shep naches (Yid. שעפּ נחת): take pride. Sometimes shortened to "shep".
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
Yiddish, [a] historically Judeo-German, [11] [b] is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.It originated in 9th-century [12]: 2 Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic.
Yiddish Used any time on Shabbat, especially in general conversation or when greeting people. [2] Shavua tov: שָׁבוּעַ טוֹב: Good week [ʃaˈvu.a tov] Hebrew Used on Saturday nights (after Havdalah), and even on Sundays, "shavua tov" is used to wish someone a good coming week. [2] Gut Voch: גוט וואָך: Good week Yiddish
I believe "smart" people are good problem solvers. #32. They stay quiet in arguments, relaxed during quizzes, don't boast. #33. Knowing how to act stupid. Image credits: toonio #34.
Jewish success in many intellectual fields often prompts the stereotype. Many who argue for Jewish intelligence have pointed out the List of Jewish Nobel laureates amassing 22% of Nobel Prizes across all scientific categories while Jewish people comprise only 0.2% of global population at roughly 14 million people.
An ethnonym is the name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (where the name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms or endonyms (self-designation; where the name is created and used by the ethnic group itself).