Re: Sh!
| From: | Pavel Iosad <pavel_iosad@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 6, 2002, 15:00 |
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Hello,
> > I read to today that the use of [S:] as an interjection to
> tell people to be
> > quite is common to all languages of the world.
>
> In Yiddish it's [SA(h)].
Incidentally, 'sha!' is the rude analogue of this in Russian. It can be
used as an equivalent of 'Shut up!', or as a signal to finish doing
something (quarreling, or working). It was originally the slang of the
townsmen from Ukraine, which was the hub of Jewish population. I think I
will not err in pronouncing this a Yiddish borrowing.
In normal Russian it's 'tsss!' (ony used to make people keep quiet)
Pavel
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--Scottish proverb
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