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It's interesting that the yiddish word for expert is spelled similar to maven, which is also means expert in English.
by aswanson 11y ago
It's interesting that the yiddish word for expert is spelled similar to maven, which is also means expert in English.
- mbil 11y agoThe English word 'maven' has Yiddish origin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Yiddi...
- stephengillie 11y agoIt's interesting to me that they used a Yiddish word, in an industry that starts at India, travels thru China and Korea, and finally ends at Americans whose probability of being Jewish is low. It just seems like an odd choice from the available wordspace.