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MyrnaLynne · 02-29-2008, 11:05 AM

Congrats about losing 6 lbs! A few more and that's a whole size already! :>

Hm.. Yiddish expressions.. "Sei gesund" - be healthy. My grandparents advice for gin rummy: "Varf avec die grosse" (throw away the big ones, ie, the high cards). My dad's grandfather's advice to his grandchildren: "Gey avec!" (go away) and also "Badda me nisht!" (don't bother me - but I think 'badda' is probably Yinglish for bother, not really Yiddish). Oh, how about "Kannah hora" - literally means 'no evil eye' (like 'You have such a fine baby, kanna hora') - you want to say something is nice, but you don't want to tempt fate by saying it. Well, you already know 'oy vey!' or 'oy vey is mir!' (hmm, think that is like 'woe is me'?)

I love languages, can you tell!

OK, being good, back to the grind!