I am surprised there are still many Yiddish speakers in Europe,

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ER — 1/14/2014 3:41:43 PM (archived)

particularly in Germany, after the Holocaust.

I'm glad to hear it. It is fitting and proper that the fascist effort to exterminate European Jewry only succeeded in dispersing it to the rest of the world, where its future is assured. There is some justice in the world, after all.

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Do Native Americans speak with an accent? - ER - 1/12/2014 2:50:49 AM
- Doesn't everyone speak with an accent? - podrock - 1/14/2014 3:20:55 AM
  - I've always wanted to visit Chaco Canyon, but never made it that far. - ER - 1/14/2014 4:17:51 AM
    - Never been to Chaco - podrock - 1/14/2014 4:49:19 AM
      - Yeah, there is a "Martian Chronicles" ambiance there. - ER - 1/14/2014 5:41:39 AM
  - Everyone does speak with an accent. - ER - 1/14/2014 3:56:20 AM
- Not a trace of accent even when they say " How pale face" :) - FrankC - 1/13/2014 10:41:05 PM
- No. Not to themselves. But everyone else does. - bowser - 1/13/2014 8:03:44 PM
  - perhaps you misunderstood me. - ER - 1/14/2014 2:09:34 AM
    - Jew . . . ? - DanS - 1/14/2014 11:36:03 AM
      - New York Jews formed a distinct ethnic community. - ER - 1/14/2014 1:09:57 PM
        
        While I was stationed in Italy . . . - DanS - 1/14/2014 1:24:07 PM
        
        As I recall . . . - DanS - 1/14/2014 6:15:33 PM
        
        I am surprised there are still many Yiddish speakers in Europe, - ER - 1/14/2014 3:41:43 PM
        
        About 2% . . . ? - DanS - 1/14/2014 4:31:29 PM
- For the Native American, as I see it . . . - DanS - 1/13/2014 2:07:36 PM
  - Well said... - ER - 1/13/2014 3:50:18 PM
    - South Pacific . . . - DanS - 1/13/2014 6:02:42 PM
      - I'm familiar with the scene. - ER - 1/13/2014 6:17:05 PM
        
        One a bit more humorously handled . . . - DanS - 1/13/2014 7:33:14 PM

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