I'm Fablungit

My grandmother (who raised me) was full of colorful expressions: "So yer body got up, but yer mind is still off dreaming."

Flabungit schmabungit, Roberta, we fell into a time warp!

Setanta, Grandmothers are great for colorful expressions.

fbaezer, We fell into a time warp--which made me fablungit. I wonder what Einstein would say about this. Probably that he's fablungit, too.

I just wanted to used the "schma" prefix. I believe it's Yiddish.

fbaezer, I knew that. Schma as a prefix is an old favorite of mine. So fablungit, schmablungit. And Einstein schmeinstein. Is today tomorrow, or what?

Roberta: Instigated by your curiosity about what Einstein might have to say about this problem, I gave the guy a call:

And he said: "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

Of course, that was of no help whatsoever, so I questioned him further and he replied:

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

but, said I, that is not the explanation I'm seeking, to which he replied:

"If A is success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play, and Z is keeping your mouth shut. "

Now, that really did it for me, Roberta. It was obvious that Einstein wasn't going to be any help at all. And then, much to my surprise, he transferred the call to Franklin who graciously replied:

"One today is worth two tomorrows".

That made me feel much better and I do hope that Ben's wisdom un-fablungits you just a wee bit?

Raggedy, I think I'm now semiunfablungit. But what can I say about you? You're talking to dead people on the phone.

How you doin', kid?

The scariest part is, they talked back.................

Hi Roberta!

It's now. Time is an invention. And down is under your feet, up is over your head, and you are where you are...

Now if I could only remember that!

Max, Good point. Talking to dead people is one thing. But getting a response! A whole other thing.

Wy, Thanks for the orientation. Time is an invention? Uh, never mind. Let's not go there.

Things seem to be back the way they were before they were the way they weren't. So I'm no longer fablungit. At least not about a2k.

Thanks for all the support.

Yiddish is such an expressive language. I wish I knew more of it than I do- it seems so useful.

What does Verklempt (sp?) mean?

Choked up

Equus, A number of words from Yiddish have worked their way into English and into the dictionary. Among them are chutzpah, maven, nosh, schmuck, schmo, shtick, and schlep.

I just checked. These words appear in Webster's.

Here's the gantseh megillah!

http://www.pass.to/glossary/Default.htm

For those who don't know, the ganseh megillah is the whole shebang (which may very well also be a Yiddish word).

Now, for the advanced students, my father often says to me (sorry, it's hard to spell this stuff): Zay-in mitte gitte shoo.

I know what it means. Do you? :-D

Schlep? First time I heard that was in my childhood a zillion years ago. It was the punchline to a joke: Tee off, get a birdie, schlep Morris. (Morris died of a heart attack on the first hole.)

Phoenix, Thanks for the link. I have the feeling that my family's Noo Yawk accents have influenced my pronunciation. All the words that I thought started with the sound fuh are spelled far in the glossary. I noticed that fablungit (farblungit) isn't there.

Jespah, Zay-in mitte gitte shoo. I'm stumped. What does this mean?

Piffka, LOL. That Morris gets around. He's in a lot of jokes. Even after death, Morris shows up.

equus, mac

Although it may sound Yiddish, 'verklemmt' is actually a German word, meaning 'shy, self-conscious, repressed'.

Roberta. Yaw righr about Noo Yawk
Roboida- Yaw right about Noo Yawk- In the site it is spelled. "Farblondzhet", which is a closer transliteration of the way the the word sounds to the ear.


Walter- Since Yiddish is a mixture of German and Hebrew, there are a lot of totally German words in the language.