There’s a Yiddish word that’s spelled similarly. It can be spelled in a bunch of ways - zaide for example. It’s pronounced ZEY-dee. It means grandfather.
Alter kocker voice: “Great-grandson, great-grandson - on Facebook I saw somebody speaking of ‘their zaddy’. Their zaddy? The gentiles are using Yiddish now?”
Great-grandson: “It um… I mean… It’s not from Yiddish.”
Alter kocker: “What then?”
Great-grandson: “Oy vey.”
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alter kocker: A senior citizen with a Yiddish accent.
I’ll leave this here…
There’s a Yiddish word that’s spelled similarly. It can be spelled in a bunch of ways - zaide for example. It’s pronounced ZEY-dee. It means grandfather.
Thanks for letting us know this.
You didn’t have to let us know.
But you did.
Alter kocker voice: “Great-grandson, great-grandson - on Facebook I saw somebody speaking of ‘their zaddy’. Their zaddy? The gentiles are using Yiddish now?”
Great-grandson: “It um… I mean… It’s not from Yiddish.”
Alter kocker: “What then?”
Great-grandson: “Oy vey.”
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