tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10464861.post115349654135229817..comments2023-07-26T04:48:10.391-05:00Comments on Tea, Lemon, Old Books: What is the history of statements about the history of nonsense?Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107089106446354733noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10464861.post-1153786511254655502006-07-24T19:15:00.000-05:002006-07-24T19:15:00.000-05:00Interesting. And couldn't one loosely translate "n...Interesting. And couldn't one loosely translate "naarishkeit" as either "nonsense" or "garbage"? (However, Weinreich's dictionary has neither of those: "1. folly, foolishness, stupidity. 2. something foolish; trifle. also poppycock! fiddlesticks!") <BR/><BR/>Hmm... my son and daughter love the Pittsburgh Symphony's children's concerts which are called "Fiddlesticks" concerts after a large cat mascot of that name whom I shall now refer to as "Naarishcat" because I love obscure nicknames.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107089106446354733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10464861.post-1153701342326109982006-07-23T19:35:00.000-05:002006-07-23T19:35:00.000-05:00Someone wrote in a blog comment a while back that ...Someone wrote in a blog comment a while back that Lieberman actually used the word "naarishkeit" instaead of nonsense; however it was unclear what his source for that version is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com