I think the amount of Yiddish borrowings points to a certain region on the Black Sea coast (we all know where it points, as they would say in the city where it

I think the amount of Yiddish borrowings points to a certain region on the Black Sea coast (we all know where it points, as they would say in the city where it points). But the roots of it go much deeper into the middle ages, and there is an older layer that is less recognizable to the uninitiated. The gulag definitely helped it spread, as did the chanson style singers in the 90s.