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The kh indicates a gutteral sound, usually spelled in the hebrew alphabet used by Yiddish as a khof. As opposed to the softer gutteral het (imagine a dot under the h), as in hasid. In the old days both gutterals were indicated by ch, as they often still are in legacy cases like place or building names. Mark At 10:07 AM 1/16/2008, you wrote: >oh pronounced 'tuccus'! now I know it >yiddish mixed with english is a riot, nevermind when other languages tag along > >KS > >On 16/01/2008, Pierre Joris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > move your butt & check it out in the online dictionaries (if you are > > not a new yorker): > > > > tokhes: "backside, buttocks," 1962, an abbreviation of tochus (1914), > > from Yiddish tokhes, from Heb. tahat "beneath." > > > > in New York it all gets mixed up. here's a couple wisdom tags on > > Jewish Buddhism: > > > > > Sayings of a Jewish Buddhist > > > > > > If there is no self, whose arthritis is this? > > > Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated? > > > Drink tea and nourish life; with the first sip, joy; with the > > > second sip, satisfaction; with the third sip, peace; with the > > > fourth, a Danish. > > > Wherever you go, there you are. Your luggage is another story. > > > Accept misfortune as a blessing. Do not wish for perfect health, or > > > a life without problems. What would you talk about? > > > Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then > > > what do you have? Bupkis. > > > > which leaves bupkis to be checked out in the dictionary. > > > > Pierre > > > > On Jan 16, 2008, at 5:40 AM, kasper salonen wrote: > > > > > I can't decipher "mueve tu tokhes".. or even be sure how it's > > > pronounced. > > > > > > KS > > > > > > On 16/01/2008, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> So I'm at the physical therapist's this morning (pulled tendon, > > >> nothing serious), where the staff is Dominican, like the > > >> neighborhood, though there are sizeable remnant populations of > > >> previous waves of immigration. An aide shouts out to another, "mueve > > >> tu tokhes." Wow. She told me that she and the other workers have > > >> learned a fair amount of Yiddish from some of the clients, and it's > > >> mixed into their everyday Spanish, along with some Arabic and > > >> Russian. > > >> > > >> Thus do dialects evolve. > > >> > > >> Mark > > >> > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > The poet: always in partibus infidelium -- Paul Celan > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Pierre Joris > > 244 Elm Street > > Albany NY 12202 > > h: 518 426 0433 > > c: 518 225 7123 > > o: 518 442 40 71 > > Euro cell: (011 33) 6 75 43 57 10 > > email: [log in to unmask] > > http://pierrejoris.com > > Nomadics blog: http://pjoris.blogspot.com > > ____________________________________________________________ > >