[Dixielandjazz] Some Birthdays Sept 20

[Marek Boym]

Well,
There is a difference between Yiddish - a European Jewish language
based on medieaval German, with some Hebrew, written in Hebrew
characters) - and Hebrew as it is spoken in modern Israel.
Mazeltov probably is two words even in Yiddish (which, unfortunately,
I neither speak nor understand), and I have no idea how it became
pronounced that way,  Both "a's" in mazal" are pronounced in Hebrew
like in "Arab."
Cheers

On 20 September 2010 23:51, Harry Callaghan <meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> And all these years I was thinking it was "Mazeltov" ..but what do I know,
> I'm not even Jewish
>
> On 9/20/10, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Maza Tov (this means "good luck," but that's what we say on birthdays,
>> weddings, etc.).
>> Many happy returns,
>> Marek
>>
>> On 20 September 2010 21:34, Ittzés Tamás <bohem at fibermail.hu> wrote:
>> > I'm not that famous to be included in Bob's list but I just turned 43
>> > today (born on Sept 20, 1967).
>> >
>> > :-) Cheers,
>> >
>> > Tamas
>> >
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