Lillian Mermin Feinsilver
Biographic Data
| ID | 711299 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lillian Mermin Feinsilver |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lillian Mermin |
| FAMILY NAME | Feinsilver |
| SIGNATURE | FEINSILVER L M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1949 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A lot of chutzpah
An examination of an old Hebrew/Yiddish word and its widespread use in English
Speaking of the Clergy
dards that have long been urged upon us by handbooks. Reverend, we have been told, is an adjective and may not be used with a surname unless the latter is preceded by Mr. and unless Reverend is itself preceded by the definite article, as in Reverend Mr. Jones; otherwise, the standard offered is Reverend John Jones. Such blanket prescriptions (of which those in Follett 1966, p. 328, are typical) do not provide for the vocative-a shortcoming observ…
Yidlish or Engdish, Yinglish or Yidgin English
Yiddish Ganef
The Taste of Yiddish
The Taste of Yiddish
Who Needs It
OF THE COLORFUL Yiddishisms now flooding the language (as the late A. A. Roback predicted they would'), one that seems to be especially popular is the cheerfully defiant needs As I have noted elsewhere,2 this expression comes from the Yiddish Ver darf es? It is closely related to another Yiddishism, asked for.. .? (Ver hot gebetn.. .?), which, as I have suggested, reflects the Old World Jew's difficult situation and his daily round of blessings a…
Yiddish Idioms in American English
specialty shop, to have the Gentile proprietor pat me on the shoulder and say, 'Wear it in good health.' Asking where he had picked up that expression, I was informed, 'From my old boss.' He had worked for a Jewish merchant, who would of course have been using a popular translation of the Yiddish trug es gezunterheyd-various renderings for which were discussed in these pages almost twenty years ago.1 A similar construction appears on an envelope …
On Yiddish Shm
Like Influences from Yiddish and Pennsylvania German
How Bad(ly) Do You Feel
THE STYLIST-PLAGUING usage feel badly continues apace. Is it really as 1 bad as its detractors say? Or can we accord it acceptability? In looking for a reasonable answer, we must take account of a number of factors. First of all, the use of adverb for adjective is not per se a vulgarism. The language has long seen healthy interplay between these word classes. The influences behind such interplay between bad and badly are various and are unlikely …
Yidlish or Engdish, Yinglish or Yidgin English
Yiddish Idioms in American English
specialty shop, to have the Gentile proprietor pat me on the shoulder and say, 'Wear it in good health.' Asking where he had picked up that expression, I was informed, 'From my old boss.' He had worked for a Jewish merchant, who would of course have been using a popular translation of the Yiddish trug es gezunterheyd-various renderings for which were discussed in these pages almost twenty years ago.1 A similar construction appears on an envelope …
How Bad(ly) Do You Feel
THE STYLIST-PLAGUING usage feel badly continues apace. Is it really as 1 bad as its detractors say? Or can we accord it acceptability? In looking for a reasonable answer, we must take account of a number of factors. First of all, the use of adverb for adjective is not per se a vulgarism. The language has long seen healthy interplay between these word classes. The influences behind such interplay between bad and badly are various and are unlikely …
Like Influences from Yiddish and Pennsylvania German
On Yiddish Shm
Yiddish Idioms in American English
specialty shop, to have the Gentile proprietor pat me on the shoulder and say, 'Wear it in good health.' Asking where he had picked up that expression, I was informed, 'From my old boss.' He had worked for a Jewish merchant, who would of course have been using a popular translation of the Yiddish trug es gezunterheyd-various renderings for which were discussed in these pages almost twenty years ago.1 A similar construction appears on an envelope …
Who Needs It
OF THE COLORFUL Yiddishisms now flooding the language (as the late A. A. Roback predicted they would'), one that seems to be especially popular is the cheerfully defiant needs As I have noted elsewhere,2 this expression comes from the Yiddish Ver darf es? It is closely related to another Yiddishism, asked for.. .? (Ver hot gebetn.. .?), which, as I have suggested, reflects the Old World Jew's difficult situation and his daily round of blessings a…
The Taste of Yiddish
Yiddish Ganef
The Taste of Yiddish
Yidlish or Engdish, Yinglish or Yidgin English
Speaking of the Clergy
dards that have long been urged upon us by handbooks. Reverend, we have been told, is an adjective and may not be used with a surname unless the latter is preceded by Mr. and unless Reverend is itself preceded by the definite article, as in Reverend Mr. Jones; otherwise, the standard offered is Reverend John Jones. Such blanket prescriptions (of which those in Follett 1966, p. 328, are typical) do not provide for the vocative-a shortcoming observ…
A lot of chutzpah
An examination of an old Hebrew/Yiddish word and its widespread use in English
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