Oy! Gewalt!

[wwcitizen]

I just inadvertently kinda freaked out a Jewish man in my building.  I'm sitting in the lobby charging a jumper battery for our phones. To keep myself amused, I was taking some pictures of the carp fish in the lobby.

 

An older Jewish man over my shoulder said "What are you doing?" in Yiddish (which has its roots in German, of course).

 

My knee jerk reaction? I answered him in English... "Just taking some pictures... oh, sorry you were speaking to your friend..."

 

He kinda got this big hopeful smile on his face, "You speak Yiddish?"

 

"No, I just understand it."

 

Then he turned to his friend to explain that I had understood what he'd said and that I speak Yiddish.

 

But I don't... :-)

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