As a German speaker I think Yiddish is funny and expressive. One example I use is; most people know "oy vey", while I like to use "oy gevalt" (which I picked up from a Simpsons episode).
Yiddish is a lot of fun. A lot of Americans don't realize we use a lot of Yiddish words but don't know it. Glitch is a Yiddish word that is widely used. Klutz is another one. A lot of Yiddish speakers worked in Vaudeville that eventually turned into the film and television industry. They would work a bit of Yiddish into their scripts and that's one way certain words got picked up by the rest of the country.
My best friend growing up is Jewish, and to this day we use words like schmeckle, mohel, orlah, shtup, etc... when referring to schmucks. 😂
As a German speaker I think Yiddish is funny and expressive. One example I use is; most people know "oy vey", while I like to use "oy gevalt" (which I picked up from a Simpsons episode).
Yiddish is a lot of fun. A lot of Americans don't realize we use a lot of Yiddish words but don't know it. Glitch is a Yiddish word that is widely used. Klutz is another one. A lot of Yiddish speakers worked in Vaudeville that eventually turned into the film and television industry. They would work a bit of Yiddish into their scripts and that's one way certain words got picked up by the rest of the country.
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