Comments on: kvetches? WT? http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/ blogging is not a spectator sport Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bob http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/comment-page-1/#comment-155697 Bob Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:08:52 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/#comment-155697 <strong>Bob</strong> Bob

]]> By: Mike http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/comment-page-1/#comment-24930 Mike Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:13:53 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/#comment-24930 It's pronounced just like it's spelled. :) Kvetch. If anything, you sort of blend the K and the v together. It’s pronounced just like it’s spelled. :) Kvetch. If anything, you sort of blend the K and the v together.

]]> By: duncan http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/comment-page-1/#comment-24906 duncan Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:11:15 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/#comment-24906 That explains Dave Winer as well Mike. Now you'll need to use it in a podcast so I can listen and actually work out how it's pronounced :-) That explains Dave Winer as well Mike. Now you’ll need to use it in a podcast so I can listen and actually work out how it’s pronounced :-)

]]> By: Mike Rundle http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/comment-page-1/#comment-24882 Mike Rundle Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:39:06 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/#comment-24882 Well I knew it because I'm Jewish ;) Well I knew it because I’m Jewish ;)

]]> By: Scripting News for 8/29/2006 « Scripting News Annex http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/comment-page-1/#comment-24858 Scripting News for 8/29/2006 « Scripting News Annex Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:25:42 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/#comment-24858 [...] Duncan Riley names “kvetch” the word of the day. It’s a good word.   [...] [...] Duncan Riley names “kvetch” the word of the day. It’s a good word.   [...]

]]> By: duncan http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/comment-page-1/#comment-24671 duncan Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:31:51 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/#comment-24671 Fair call Mike, although I'd guess that it's a Yiddish word that might have some regular usage in North America. It's not uncommon for example for words from other languages to become common as part of the regional or national dialect, such as some Aboriginal words have regular usage in Australia. Fair call Mike, although I’d guess that it’s a Yiddish word that might have some regular usage in North America. It’s not uncommon for example for words from other languages to become common as part of the regional or national dialect, such as some Aboriginal words have regular usage in Australia.

]]> By: Mike Rundle http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/comment-page-1/#comment-24666 Mike Rundle Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:54:14 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/08/29/kvetches-wt/#comment-24666 Actually not an American word at all. kvetch is a Yiddish word, where Yiddish is a language that is primarily a combination of Hebrew and German. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish">Wikipedia Yiddish</a> Actually not an American word at all. kvetch is a Yiddish word, where Yiddish is a language that is primarily a combination of Hebrew and German.

Wikipedia Yiddish

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