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Another example of Yiddish influencing modern Polish (with almost no Yiddish speakers in Poland) is using "mamełe/tatełe" to refer to parents (on purpose, to so
by ajuc 11y ago
Another example of Yiddish influencing modern Polish (with almost no Yiddish speakers in Poland) is using "mamełe/tatełe" to refer to parents (on purpose, to sound funny and endearing, same thing as "pieseł"). It's not very common but some people do it.
- pimpl 11y agoI’d never consider it Yiddish influence to be honest.
- ajuc 11y agowell, it is.
- anon4 11y agoSimilarly, the parents refer to their children as "perkele". Yes, I know it's a Finnish word, but it seems to be well-known..
- V-2 11y agoNot to say it's not true, but I've never ever come across these people who do it. Could it be a regional thing?
- ajuc 11y agoI've mostly seen it on wykop.pl (a website, it's like reddit had kids with 4chan). Here some people try to trace it: http://www.wykop.pl/wpis/6202818/kto-mowi-do-swojej-mamy-mamele-przez-wypok-i-powie/ http://www.wykop.pl/wpis/6202818/kto-mowi-do-swojej-mamy-mam...
- V-2 11y agoNow this explains a lot; like many major forum sites, Wykop tends to develop its own exclusive microculture, slang, wordplays etc. and it's not representative of everyday language, such as calling women "pink" for example, who does that in real life. A few commenters in the link you pasted actually recognize this figure of speech as sort of a local meme. Still an interesting phenomenon I agree, although probably temporary and of limited scope.