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Gay shlafen: Yiddish for "go to sleep".
than the harsh, staccato "go to sleep"? Listen to the difference:
Obvious, isn't it?
speaking Yiddish right now and never speak another word of English
long as you live. This will, of course, entail teaching Yiddish to
your friends, business associates, the people at the supermarket, a
so on, but that's just the point. It has to start with committed
individuals and then grow ...
signs written in what look like Yiddish letters won't be funny when
everything is written in Yiddish. And we'll have to start driving
the left side of the road so we won't be reading the street signs
backwards. But is that too high a price to pay for world peace? I
think not, my friend, I think not. |