[etni] Re: common errors (or a lesson in etymology)
- From: "remanuel" <remanuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ETNI" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <judiavi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:32:45 +0200
Shavua Tov
I'm not sure that I can answer your question, but I do know that the German
"nervos" (with two dots/umlaut over the 'o') has that meaning of irritable.
This might be in addition to the meaning of apprehensive, I'm not sure. All
this brings us to another common error:
if a kid is nervous before an exam, he's not "atzbani" - "hu mitragesh", and
that gets translated "he's excited" which in English is a feeling one has
before something positive, certainly not before an exam.
Talk about food for thought!
But now it's time to think about food - specifically cheese cake, 'blintzes'
etc. etc.
Chag Sameach
Rachelle
----- Original Message -----
From: Avi Granit
To: remanuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; ETNI
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 11:58 AM
Subject: [etni] Re: common errors (or a lesson in etymology)
Dear Rachelle,
Just wanted to thank you for your very interesting short lesson in etymology
- I have always been curious about these seemingly English words (actuali /
sympati) that are used in Hebrew but have different meanings to the English
equivalent. Now I know!
I had guessed that "by us" was linked to Yiddish as it tends to be used with
first or second generation native Yiddish speakers.
Perhaps you can answer a question for me about the word "nervous". Why in
British English it is used as "apprehensive/scared" and definitely not for
"irritated/irritable/worked up" which would be the literal translation of
"atzbani" as many Hebrew speakers seem to think.
Best wishes,
Judi G.
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