>>>I have the feeling that my Yiddish isn't nearly as good as Alex or Tamar,
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>>Not me. I grew up with parents and grandparents who didn't speak Yiddish. (One grandparent born here; one born in the Ukraine, but here since early childhood; father born here; mother born in Germany.)
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>Aren't we missing a couple of grandparents there, Tamar? (ducking) At least that's the way it usually works....

Yeah, the ones I never knew. They died in Auschwitz. (I figured "mother born in Germany" would cover it.)

Tamar