Jewish stuff in every-day life.

[mm]

On Jay Leno a few weeks ago, on his "Headlines" segment. People send
in newspaper clippings etc. with funny headlines or stories This one
was at least a half-page ad in color, maybe from the Sunday
supplement,, and it seaid "CASH for GOLD. Highest prices. .... " and
showed a man with his hands full of gold coins.

But when the camera zoomed in, the coins were, as Leno put it,
"Chanuka chocolates" You coudl see the menorah on each one.

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NPR, nationally syndicated news, I think: "... President Obama has
banned souveniers and tchotchkes that" [somehow govt employees have
been buying with government money]

This is not the first sign I've see that tchotchke is now considered
standard English

[cindys]

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Yes, there is a staff writer at our local newspaper who sometimes
writes columns about home decorating and/or how to stage a home before
putting it up for sale. I have seen her use the word tchotchke more
than once, and AFAIK, she is not Jewish.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.

[Steve Goldfarb]

In <a733e72e-2694-4d1f...@s9g2000yqi.googlegroups.com> cindys <cst...@rochester.rr.com> writes:

>Yes, there is a staff writer at our local newspaper who sometimes
>writes columns about home decorating and/or how to stage a home before
>putting it up for sale. I have seen her use the word tchotchke more
>than once, and AFAIK, she is not Jewish.

I think it's actually a Russian or Polish word, which is where Yiddish
acquired it, so probably has an existence external to Jews.

--s
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[mm]

Yeah, if a Yiddish word isn't from Hebrew, it's from some other
language -- I think we once discussed a Hebrew word it might possibly
have come from -- but regardless, Americans learned the word from
Yiddish-speaking Jews.
>
>--s

[Yisroel Markov]

On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 23:43:23 +0000 (UTC), "Steve Goldfarb"

Right, the Russian word is "tzatzka."
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[Abe Kohen]

"Yisroel Markov" <ey.m...@MUNGiname.com> wrote in message
news:urkob7l8kmha1sol9...@4ax.com...

> On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 23:43:23 +0000 (UTC), "Steve Goldfarb"
> <s...@panix.com> said:
>
>>In <a733e72e-2694-4d1f...@s9g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>
>>cindys <cst...@rochester.rr.com> writes:
>>
>>>Yes, there is a staff writer at our local newspaper who sometimes
>>>writes columns about home decorating and/or how to stage a home
>>>before
>>>putting it up for sale. I have seen her use the word tchotchke more
>>>than once, and AFAIK, she is not Jewish.
>>
>>I think it's actually a Russian or Polish word, which is where Yiddish
>>acquired it, so probably has an existence external to Jews.
>
> Right, the Russian word is "tzatzka."

And, IIRC, that is how the word is used in Israel.

Best,
Abe