Janet Wilder wrote:
>Boron Elgar wrote:
>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> Many of the Haredi in Israel (Ultra-Orthodox) speak Yiddish.
>>>
>>> Yiddish is not dead yet. More people speak it as an everyday language
>>> than those who speak Latin. :-)
>>
>>
>> There are Chasids within the office complex where I work. I hear
>> Yiddish every day.
>>
>> Many year ago when I still lived in the city, my aunt and cousin
>> were visiting and I took them down to Orchard Street (nothing like the
>> gentrified area it is these days) and we wandered into a store to
>> shop. Bargaining was still alive and well down there.
>>
>> All three of us are fair-skinned and blue eyed, with me a blonde and
>> my cousin with light hair. None of the three of us would be considered
>> "Jewish looking".
>>
>> My aunt took an interest in a very nice sweater and as she looked, we
>> heard the two men behind the counter (kippas & tsitsis) discussing the
>> lowest price they'd let the sweater go for. We three women exchanged
>> knowing glances, haggled a bit for fun, made the purchase at that
>> lowest price, and as we were leaving, all three of us switched to
>> Yiddish among ourselves as we walked out. Then we looked back at the
>> two surprised men behind the counter.
>>
>> Boron
>
>Love it!

NYC being a melting pot the same story occurs several times every day,
and with every language.