Severian <severian@chlamydia-is-not-a-flower.com> wrote in
news:chq5109d7sb94c4vr308v0459u33utt8df@4ax.com:
> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:38:53 +0000 (UTC), Eric Gill
> <ericvgill@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Severian <severian@chlamydia-is-not-a-flower.com> wrote in
>>news:thm5105ind7aimbgpvso916tag2851i87h@4ax.com:
>>
>>> Oy vey! While I have no inclination to agree with UD, your reply does
>>> seem rather anti-semetic.
>>
>>Uhm - why, exactly?
>><snip>
>
> You compared Yiddish epics to Klezmer symphonies, implying that
> because they are both Yiddish, they are both poorly done. However, I
> am not Jewish, and certainly not a Yiddish scholar, so I may not have
> understood your analogy.
Ah.
Well, no. The similarity is that both are more "everyday" forms of
communication/art, colorful and usually not too serious.
I know very well there are exceptions. I really doubt Uncle Schmuck knew as
much before you told him.
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