Etlekhe verter oyf mame-loshn / A Few Words in the Mother Tongue
Irena Klepfisz
1990
lemoshl: for example
di kurve the whore
a woman who acknowledges her passions
di yidene the Jewess the Jewish woman
ignorant overbearing
let’s face it: every woman is one
di yente the gossip the busybody
who knows what’s what
and is never caught off guard
di lezbianke the one with
a roommate though we never used
the word
dos vaybl the…
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