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Going back a bit to a recent #schoolLetter, #DearPrincipal this time. Some #names, a #holiday, a #song, and #woke.

Let's go!

#Berkowitz (also #Berkowicz, #Berkovich, etc) /ˈberkɔvɪt͡s (Yiddish), ˈbɝkəwɪts (English) = Ashkenazi Jewish #surname literally meaning “son of little bear.” Borrowed into English from Yiddish. Derived from the Yiddish #given #name #Berke...

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Another great #name!

#Miriam /mirˈjam (Hebrew), ˈmɪɚiəm (English)/ = #given #name for girls. Etymology uncertain. Possibilities include: derived from #SemiticRoot M-R-R (generates words related to “bitter”); derived from #SemiticRoot M-R-Y (generates words related to “mutiny/ rebellion / disobedience”); derived from Egyptian “mery” (= beloved).

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My fancy keyboard came! There are JWHIA toots to catch up on! Let's go!

Some old friends, for new followers:

#Yom /jom (Hebrew), jam (Jewish English)/ = day

#ha (also ha') /hə/ (Hebrew prefix) = 1. the; 2. that, who; 3. question marker

#Kadosh /kaˈdoʃ (Hebrew), ˈkʌdəʃ (Jewish English)/ = holy/saint

Ha'kadosh /həˈkʌdəʃ, həkəˈdoʃ/ = the holy

#Sameach /sa'me.aχ (Hebrew), səˈmejəχ (Jewish English)/ = happy/ joyous

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(Name #JWHIA used in a toot screenshotted here. Please reply or DM for alt text.)

There is some fun Hebrew in the latest #JWHIA #schoolLetter, plus the #name #Dovid is really interesting--but the thread has to wait, because I have an arm injury which is making typing more than a short toot really difficult 😫 any recommendations for an ergonomic or even 1-handed keyboard?

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Back at the bird site, a very insightful #JWHIA follower asked about the difference between #ShabbatShalom (Hebrew) and its Yiddish alternative, #GutShabbos (literally “Good Sabbath”). I am including part of our discussion here, because I think other folks might also find it interesting:

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Language of Jews, part 2

Every week #JWHIA wishes us #ShabbatShalom. Much more on that #greeting, #shalom, and things they can tell us about language and dialect: a very long 🧵

(FYI: if you have followed me on twitter for awhile, you’ve seen much of this before.)

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we throw around the word "public" a lot. The #etymology of #public, a 🧵​:

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I just got new reference books! So I'm happy as a clam (among folks who keep kosher, anyway). Let's test them out, shall we? The evolution of a #name, a 🧵:
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A short #JWHIA #SchoolLetter! Lots of #names, some #OldFriends, and tasty #snacks If I skip something you are curious about, @ me. Onward!

#Gveret (also #Geveret, #Giveret, G'veret) /'g(ə)veret (Hebrew)/ = lady, madame, Ms. (can be used as a title)

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Shavua tov and Pope Gregory's shana tova!

Sometimes life gives you a whack, then a few more just to remind you it can. I am glad to have time for this again!

But for the purpose of time management, I'll be addressing the #JWHIA #SchoolLetters in a bit less depth. That said, if I skip something you're curious about, @ me!

onward to the latest #DearParent letter:

QRT #JWHIA #DearTeachers #SchoolLetter: https://babka.social/@jewwhohasitall/109506878041494663

Heads up before I launch into the thread: due to family events I won't be available for at least a week, maybe 2 or 3, which means a (short) Jewterpretor hiatus. I'm mostly finished with the Dear Teachers letter, so I'll post what I have. If you've followed me for awhile, you've seen some of this before.

Bo'u nelech! (=let's go, roughly)

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(Michael Twitty is great.)

motzei Shabbat:

motza'ei (also (informally) motzei, motzi, due to variant abbreviated pronunciation in Hebrew) /mot͡saˈʔej (Hebrew, formal), 'mot͡sɛɪ (Jewish English)/ = "emergence from, leaving, going out of." A noun in its construct state, i.e. the grammatical form for "possessed things"—

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Oy vey! I barely finished the last #JWHIA #DearTeachers #SchoolLetter, and I haven't even finished writing the “secular” thread (and have posted exactly none of it), and here we go with a brand new #SchoolLetter! Ein shalom laresha’im, nachon? (= “no rest for the wicked, right?”) (FYI I didn’t get that checked by a language informant & I’m not confident at all what the right tag question (e.g. nachon vs ken vs lo etc.) is here, commentary is very welcome!)

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Omer /'ʕomer (Hebrew), 'omɛɚ (Jewish English)/ = 1. (Biblical Hebrew) sheaf (of wheat, grain); 2. with “the” (i.e. Ha’Omer), the 49-day period from the 2nd day of Pesach (=Passover) through Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, =Pentecost); on the first and last days of the Omer, Jews traditionally make an offering of a sheaf of barley. Full name is S(e)firat Ha’Omer (=“counting [of] the sheaf [of grain]”).

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Caveat in advance: I’m not a religious expert (on any religion), and there is a lot in the rest of this thread about religious holidays and customs. But I go where the language takes me, so I’ve done my best but I'd be surprised if I didn't get something wrong or confused. Please add corrections/ clarifications/ context as necessary.

Onward to #JWHIA #DearTeachers toot 4/10!

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Alright #MedinatAmericans and other friends! More translations from #JWHIA's most recent #DearTeachers #SchoolLetter. Question of the day: can I get through the first tweet of her thread? 🤔 Let's find out together, shall we?

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A new #JWHIA #SchoolLetter, #DearTeachers this time. And only 10 toots long, a walk in the park after the last one (53 tweets on twitter 🤩😦)! Will still probably take a few+ days to roll the whole thing out, there’s a lot to cover here. But it does mean I’ll finally get to the long-promised thread on “secular!”

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A holiday just for giving.

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more holidays and holiday greetings! @jewwhohasitall knows them all. (Also that’s a lot of Firsts; after writing this 🧵 “first” no longer sounds or looks like an actual word.)

Let's go!

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Translations and an explanation/examples of semantic expansion, a 🧵:

#Shabbat /ʃaˈbat (Hebrew), ʃəˈbat (Jewish English)/ = Sabbath; also Shabbos /ˈʃɑbəs, ˈʃɑbos/ (Yiddish, originally, but also for some English speakers; the final /s/ is also standard in Ashkenazi Hebrew)

#Shalom (sholom, etc) /ʃaˈlom (Hebrew), ʃəˈlom (Jewish English)/ = 1. peace, 2. rest, 3. well-being; 4. (consequently) the greetings hello/goodbye, and 5. by analogy, a name of G-d

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@jewterpretor, "the linguist fan of @jewwhohasitall" is here!

Combining some of my favorite topics… #Linguistics #Hebrew #Judaism #MedinatAmerica #JWHIA

Thank you! I always learn something new.

@ankaretwells @jewwhohasitall

#JWHIA writes #satire on #Christianormativity to spark #interfaith dialogue on #religious #privilege and #hegemony.

Being different gives us a unique perspective, enabling us to see that some of what is touted as just “normal” American stuff is often actually specifically #Christian stuff.

We believe other religious #minorities could absolutely have the perspective to do the same sort of thing from their own frames of reference!

@jewwhohasitall @ankaretwells

All this because #JWHIA isn’t really about Jews at all; it’s about how a supposedly “secular” society treats its #religious and ethnic #minorities, including #atheists and #religion “nones,” and that it’s up to the minorities to decide whether and how to assimilate.

@ankaretwells @jewwhohasitall

Copy/pasting with some edits from what #JWHIA wrote out-of-character on the “Jwitter Diaspora” Medinat-America-OOC channel on Discord:

For now we assume it’s majority Jewish but intentionally left it ambiguous to leave space for others to create -WhoHasItAll accounts from around the world. It doesn’t have to be *Jewish* everywhere, as long as it’s anglophone and not Christian where IRL it is a Christian hegemony. (Maybe UK gets a PaganWhoHasItAll?)

@equusasinus @jewterpretor @jewwhohasitall

We don’t have the Guide to #MedinatAmerica all in one place yet— we are working on compiling it for the book we are writing!

In our real world, Vatican may not be a ‘country’ but in #JWHIA’s alt reality it is (it’s bigger on the inside) as the only Christian-majority country in the world. (The next closest is Medinat Ireland, which is 10% Christian.)

#JWHIA (@jewwhohasitall) tweets in an exaggerated version of Jewish English, a dialect which mixes in a ton of Hebrew and Yiddish vocab.

Languages of Jews, a 🧵:

Hebrew belongs to the Semitic language family (which belongs to the Afroasiatic language family). Semitic languages were originally spoken by people of Arabian peninsula, the Levant, & Horn of Africa, & spread over time to North Africa, West Africa, Malta, & West Asia; plus immigrant diaspora communities now found across the world. 1/