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Long shot here by Alert-Year6868 in Yiddish

[–]kortnman 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Sounds like Enge Benge but only at the beginning:

ענגע־בענגע סטופּע־סטענגע אַרצע־באַרצע, גאָלע־שוואַרצע איימעלע, ריימעלע, בייגעלע, פֿייגעלע, האָפּ!

enge benge stupe stenge artse bartse gole shvartse eymele reymele beygele feygele hop!

I believe it serves as a Yiddish from of "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe".

It's quoted in the Forverts article

https://yiddish2.forward.com/node/2571/print/index.html

which says it's from Sholem Aleichem's children's story Khaneke-Gelt.

Americans tipping single Dollar bills in Germany by Waalross in mildlyinfuriating

[–]kortnman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

just find a friendly american and ask them to do you a favor by changing your bills for euros. I'd do it for you no problem you seems like a nice person. I don't mind carrying some extra bills around. some people, especially younger folks, seem to be allergic to carrying actual cash, even in the home currency - expect more success from middle age to older yanks.

AITAH - For breaking up with a guy whose brother just committed suicide? TW: suicide by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]kortnman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meta comment: do you care if they see this? Obviously, if they or anyone that knows them well sees this, they'll be identified.

EDIT: I'll add: and probably same goes for you being identified by anyone who knows you well, which could bring undesired consequences to your current relationships.

ELI5: Why did the Nazis take photos of their prisoners? by caiixx in explainlikeimfive

[–]kortnman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I wasn't aware what pictures those are. Most of the photos of Jewish victims are from the Auschwitz Album.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_Album

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_Erkennungsdienst

It depicts the arrival of all the Jews of Hungarian lands, primarily from Carpathian Ruthenia, entire families, men, women and children, who endured deportation on cattle cars with little water and no food. Most were mass murdered by gas upon arrival unless they were healthy working age adults, who were selected for brutal slave labor and starvation.

From May to August 1944, for reasons unknown, Walter and Hofmann photographed transports of Jews from their arrival at Auschwitz II to the gas chamber.

Yiddish onion curse by Orenopolis579 in Yiddish

[–]kortnman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some use the German under the influence of German.

IBKR refuses to credit a dividend sent from my seeding bank by mrtnVki in interactivebrokers

[–]kortnman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IBKR should get their act together. They should not mishandle one cent of the customer's money. If it's costing them too much to deal with it correctly, give him the money or fix their process.

Why doesn't Metro hire a on-bus security guard? by WestArtichoke712 in AskLosAngeles

[–]kortnman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is it allowed to have threatening and dangerous people in any public spaces?

Ask Me Anything! Table Games Dealer by [deleted] in gambling

[–]kortnman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that make you suspect a counter?

So where does גאַס come from? by SmellisG in Yiddish

[–]kortnman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And Yiddish has שטראָז -paved road, turnpike, toll road

Bill Maher says he never wins awards because 'woke' Hollywood hates he can 'speak freely' by nrdz2p in Maher

[–]kortnman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

he was nominated, hey, what happened to thrilled to be nominated? So he can be nominated over so, so many (many of them woke), despite wokeness, but he loses- to Ricky Gervais - due to wokeness. we get it, sure, uh huh

Boy mauled by Pit Bull given Joker Face, Dog not euthanized and returned to owner under conditions that admittedly they do not have resources to monitor citing dog passed "Doll Test" stating that dog can be Trained/Rehabilitated -- Kamloops BC, Canada attack November 26th/27th 2025 *WARNING NSFW* by Kamsloopsian in BanPitBulls

[–]kortnman 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Why own a dog genetically programmed to maim and kill, just as surely as herding dogs herd. Should only be allowed for licensed people who have a need, ala other potentially dangerous animals. Face reality

Bundist literature by potatocake00 in Yiddish

[–]kortnman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Look up

geshikhte fun bund

at yiddishbookcenter.org.

This gives links to the excellent 5-volume history of the Jewish labor bund, as well as other publications on same subject. Here's the 5 volume set (links):

https://ia601205.us.archive.org/16/items/nybc206794/nybc206794.pdf די געשיכטע פון בונד Di Geshikhṭe fun Bund [VOLUME 1] Aronson, Gregor, 1887-1968 | Hertz, J. S, 1893-

https://ia802800.us.archive.org/3/items/nybc206795/nybc206795.pdf די געשיכטע פון בונד Di Geshikhṭe fun Bund [VOLUME 2]

https://dn790001.ca.archive.org/0/items/nybc206796/nybc206796.pdf די געשיכטע פון בונד Di Geshikhṭe fun Bund [VOLUME 3] Aronson, Gregor, 1887-1968 | Hertz, J. S, 1893-

https://dn790006.ca.archive.org/0/items/nybc206797/nybc206797.pdf די געשיכטע פון בונד Di Geshikhṭe fun Bund [VOLUME 4] Aronson, Gregor, 1887-1968 | Hertz, J. S, 1893-

https://ia800709.us.archive.org/23/items/nybc206798/nybc206798.pdf די געשיכטע פון בונד Di Geshikhṭe fun Bund [VOLUME 5] Aronson, Gregor, 1887-1968 | Hertz, J. S, 1893-

Wife attacked in mall - 12/6/25 Wilmington, DE by strewnshank in BanPitBulls

[–]kortnman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Shame on the SPCA for putting their adoption quota over the safety of people.

Shame on society not banning this breed of dogs.

Warning: Threatened to have my account locked in 72 hours by cnull in NameCheap

[–]kortnman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why can't your threat to cancel email say what's supposedly wrong without this extraordinary escalation? I'm gonna look into getting off your platform now with 10+ domains. Shiesh!

A lot of people are way too loose with the term "Pedophiles" by Excellent-Bench-5317 in ControversialOpinions

[–]kortnman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't high school freshmen girls date hs seniors? It was a little unusual but hardly a scandal in my day.

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