This is a German-speaker's perspective...I would say 'Dreidln' and Hamentasche. Since Taschen, in German, is the plural of Tasche. But there is rarely, if ever, a singular one of those pastries anywhere near me for very long. ::munch::
And I'm not sure if there's an E or not there; I tend to write it without, but since the spelling's transliterated from the Yiddish, it's somewhat malleable.
I can't go into it all now, as I'm already 3 hours past deadline on a white paper that's only half done (can we say procrastination!) but Harmony has written a 15 page space epic that involves transporting all the 'enemies' to another planet and then attempting to blow said planet up and the corp of 'goods' that are trying to stop the gov. from blowing up the enemy planet, because whether you like it or not, blowing people up is wrong -- plus!! (Exclamation points are a vital element of her prose) there may be small alien creatures living inside the shell of the planet, like 'worms with branes.'
Sometimes hamentasche, more often "mon tasche" for singular.
And "Don't bother me with Purim yet" does not parse. :-) Remember, I'm the guy who starts planning for Purim 13 or 14 months in advance (since by the time tu b'shvat comes along, it's too late to start planning stuff for this year's Purim!
One dreidl, two dreidlach. איין דריידל, צוויי דריידלאך One homentash, two homentashen. איין המן-טאש, צוויי המן-טאשן No E on the end of homentash; or of tash (טאש), for that matter.
I seem to recall that my grandmother AH used to say one homente, two homentes. I'm not sure whether that's a legitimate regional variant, or just a personal idiosyncrasy. Or I may just be misremembering.
In the unlikely event that you give a damn, I spell it "dreidel."
A single hamantasch is in an unstable state. And the number of hamantaschen I eat depends on how many flavors there are. If someone has gone and baked apricot, cherry, and poppy, then I eat one of each.
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Which means, really, I don't know, but it was one of those linguistic pecularities that have probably driven those I know crazy for years.
Also, have you ever read
Also, remind me to tell you the story of my fledgling sci-fi author in residence. *big grin*
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of course, fish don't spin nearly as well.
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Ooh! Do tell story! :-)
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I'm so proud I am literally walking on air today.
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And good luck on the white paper.
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And I love "Jewesque."
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Rhymes with "maidelach".
Also (btw): rugel, rugelach.
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aaaaand now i'm hungry. gee, thanks.
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And "Don't bother me with Purim yet" does not parse. :-) Remember, I'm the guy who starts planning for Purim 13 or 14 months in advance (since by the time tu b'shvat comes along, it's too late to start planning stuff for this year's Purim!
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One homentash, two homentashen. איין המן-טאש, צוויי המן-טאשן
No E on the end of homentash; or of tash (טאש), for that matter.
I seem to recall that my grandmother AH used to say one homente, two homentes. I'm not sure whether that's a legitimate regional variant, or just a personal idiosyncrasy. Or I may just be misremembering.
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A single hamantasch is in an unstable state. And the number of hamantaschen I eat depends on how many flavors there are. If someone has gone and baked apricot, cherry, and poppy, then I eat one of each.