Re: OT: Slightly OT: dreidel question
| From: | Markus Miekk-oja <m13kk0@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 27, 2005, 23:11 |
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>But which came first? I have found explanations that give both directions
>-
>that the game started with the Yiddish letters which were then
>reinterpreted
>as the acronym, or that they started with the acronym and then developed
>the
>game mechanics to match. The latter interpretation seems to be more
>common,
>but the information I've found so far is lacking in detail.
>
>I don't know how old the association is, but if it dates back to the
>beginning of the Hanukkah custom, then I don't think Yiddish existed yet?
There is no such thing as "Yiddish letters" as distinct from Hebrew letters,
except perhaps really minor typographic differences.
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