languages – wp.jochen.hayek.name/blog-en

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/59875/how-to-show-or-hide-keyboard-viewer-with-a-keyboard-shortcut I like the the non-mousing approach best: Fn+Ctrl+F8.

“shmuck” – how is it used? what does it mean originally?

Apr 23, 2019

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johayek

in the Yiddish language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmuck_(pejorative) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin

Capernaüm, Capharnaum, …

Feb 11, 2019

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johayek

in languages, the Arabic language

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Capharnaum#Latin – claims it as borrowed from Ancient Greek … from Biblical Hebrew meaning “Nahum’s village“ https://www.bibleplaces.com/capernaum/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capharnaum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum – a (former fishing) village located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee – explains it as a word from Arabic and Hebrew meaning “Nahum’s village“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum_(film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8267604/plotsummary – claims it as meaning “chaos”…

English grammar: pluperfect, perfect, past tense

Sep 25, 2018

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johayek

in English grammar, the English language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluperfect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_(grammar) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_tense

“a language is a dialect with an army and navy”

Aug 13, 2018

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johayek

in languages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy

Kaddish originally written in Hebrew!?!

Jul 31, 2018

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johayek

in Judaism, the Hebrew language

https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5301143,00.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaddish#History_and_background : Professor Yoel Elitzur … argues that the Kaddish was originally written in Hebrew, and later translated to Aramaic to be better understood by the masses. He notes that quotations from the Kaddish in the Talmud and Sifrei are in Hebrew, and that even today some of the words are Hebrew rather than Aramaic.…

prepositions in the English language: “I replaced my car with a newer model”, “compare”, …

Apr 11, 2018

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johayek

in the English language

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/replace The right preposition here is “with”, not “by”, which I am always tempted to use. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compare#Verb (transitive) The right preposition here is “with”, but it can also be “to”.