Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
Yiddish is written using Hebrew[1] letters; anything that you see using the Roman alphabet is simply a transliteration and is intrinsically nonstandard. I believe that the word is a composit of a German shlie meaning without and a Hebrew mazal meaning luck.
Of course, you're right. I was trying to point out that he was completely missing the 'L' in the word.
It's silly to argue over the actual anglicized spelling of Hebrew words. Every winter I see Chanukah, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah, and maybe others -- all considered "acceptable". I've seen schlemeel, schliemiel, schlemiel, schliemazel, schliemozzle, schlemazal, schlemazel, etc. As you point out, the preferred spelling should probably end with MAZAL.
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