Kiryas Joel would have been better in terms of Yiddish speakers, but it's upstate (see Bruce, Lenny on who is Jewish).
On Dec 22, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 07:39:42 -0800, Paul Brandon wrote: > >Because hardly anyone outside of Williamsburg says that any more? > > Really? Who knew that Virginia had such a large Yiddish speaking > population!?! > I believe that when most people hear of "Williamsburg" they think of > a place in Virginia, as represented in this website that promotes tourism > there: > http://www.visitwilliamsburg.com/?gclid=CJeo1biqxLsCFSLxOgodwzQAbg > > But perhaps Paul is referring to the place in Virginia. A quick internet > search > shows that indeed there long has been a Jewish presence in the Old Dominion, > with about 6,000 serving for the Confederacy during the Civil War; see: > http://books.google.com/books?id=5P-Oyqu8MuoC&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=%22jews+the+confederacy%22&source=bl&ots=fMGCz2Y2PF&sig=gUIDviAuGceYYcVYO2tE7ROk5s8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UBO3UsTpOpDpkQfav4GIAQ&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22jews%20the%20confederacy%22&f=false > > and > http://books.google.com/books?id=UtiEY4s9n9IC&pg=PA203&dq=%22jews+the+confederacy%22++williamsburg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5BS3UpLfDcyskAeokIGABQ&ved=0CEUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22jews%20the%20confederacy%22%20%20williamsburg&f=false > > > But -- and I'm just guessing here -- perhaps Paul was referring to > another Williamsburg? Another quick internet search identifies a > Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY but this seems to be a "hipster" > haven the likes of which Stephen Colbert makes fun of. For > contemporary Williamsburg, consider the following websites: > http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/mayjun13/brooklyn_0513.html > and > http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130521/williamsburg/bridge-and-tunnel-poser-hipsters-clog-williamsburg-bars-locals-complain > > and > http://brooklyn.about.com/od/eventsthingstodo/tp/10-Best-Things-To-Do-In-Williamsburg-Brooklyn.htm > > and > http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131011/east-williamsburg/fdny-shuts-down-hipster-party-boat-newtown-creek > > and > http://observer.com/term/williamsburg/ > and... > well you should get the idea. > > Yiddish speakers still live in Williamsburg but their number is diminished. > Here is the Wikipedia entry on Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY and it > provides some history as well as it's current state as a hipster haven: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsburg,_Brooklyn > > Wikipedia provides some information on the extent of Yiddish usage and > here is a quote from the entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_language > : > > |Present U.S. speaker population > | > |In the 2000 census, 178,945 people in the United States reported > |speaking Yiddish at home. Of these speakers, 113,515 lived in New York > |(63.43% of American Yiddish speakers); 18,220 in Florida (10.18%); > |9,145 in New Jersey (5.11%); and 8,950 in California (5.00%). The > |remaining states with speaker populations larger than 1,000 are > |Pennsylvania (5,445), Ohio (1,925), Michigan (1,945), Massachusetts > |(2,380), Maryland (2,125), Illinois (3,510), Connecticut (1,710), and > |Arizona (1,055). The population is largely elderly: 72,885 of the speakers > |were older than 65, 66,815 were between 18 and 64, and only 39,245 > |were age 17 or lower.[43] In the six years since the 2000 census, the > |2006 American Community Survey reflected an estimated 15 percent > |decline of people speaking Yiddish at home in the U.S. to 152,515.[44] > | > |There are a few predominantly Hasidic communities in the United States > |in which Yiddish remains the majority language. Kiryas Joel, New York > |is one such; in the 2000 census, nearly 90% of residents of Kiryas Joel > |reported speaking Yiddish at home.[45] > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_language#Present_U.S._speaker_population > > Perhaps Paul meant the town of Kiryas Joel, mentioned above and > which has more information provided for it here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryas_Joel,_New_York > > But if he had, I would not have had the opportunity to play up > the Williamsburg, VA vs Williamsburg, NY distinction. ;-) > Few people understand the weirdness associated with hearing > "Old Williamsburg" and realizing they're referring to some place > in Virginia. ;-) > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > On Dec 22, 2013, at 7:42 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > > The NY Times has an interactive quiz that uses different language/dialect > > examples to locate where you, dear reader, are geographically more > > similar or most dissimilate to -- based on the database of response that > > they have collected. See: > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131222 > > > > I wonder why they didn't use "Oy, gevalt!". ;-) > > > > -Mike Palij > > New York University > > m...@nyu.edu > > > > P.S. My map: http://nyti.ms/1cnLBGi Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=31758 or send a blank email to leave-31758-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
