[Avodah] Pesukim LeShemos Anoshim

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 17/08/16 22:32, Isaac Balbin wrote:

> I did see someone claim the Hebrew word Chanun has the same meaning
> as the Yiddish זעליג but that is news to me and I’m skeptical.

Chanun and Asher basically mean the same thing.


> Seems the plot thickens because there is also a relationship with *S*elig.

What do you mean "also"?   Selig is the German spelling.  It's pronounced
"Zelik".

> The Oxford dictionary has been influenced by Woody Allens movie (Zelig)

Which was about a character with the Yiddish name.


-- 
Zev Sero               Meaningless combinations of words do not acquire
zev at sero.name          meaning merely by appending them to the two other
                        words `God can'.  Nonsense remains nonsense, even
                        when we talk it about God.   -- C S Lewis