isa-normaladvance-1914-00118

Description:	118THE NORMAL ADVANCEWrje (Origin of ScfjgebtbbleBY EDNA VINEBERGTHE word, ichgebibble, seems to have en¬ trenched itself in the English language. To the uninitiated, (and they are many), it is merely another way of saying, I should worry! But what connection the word ich¬ gebibble, and where both originated is a mys¬ tery to them.The expression, I should worry, is taken from the Yiddish language, a jargon of butch¬ ered German with a small element of Hebrew. Just where the Jewish, or Yiddish, language originated is not exactly known, but as the name, Jewish, applies to all the children of Israel in all ages and countries, so the Jewish language applies to the common language of all the people with Hebrew.blood in their veins.It is characteristic of all foreign-speaking people to translate their pet expressions into the English language, forgetting that the meaning rests on some idiom, or some peculiar emphasis. Thus the expression, I should worry, is translated from a phrase very com¬ mon among the Jews: Nu, soil, ich mich sorgen. With a certain emphasis it means, Well, I wont worry, the soil meaning, shall not.Another common expression is, Is nicht ge- fiddled. If this were translated literally it would be: Is not fiddled or, Is not violined, if we can imagine such an expression. It really means, Well, so you will not play for me, or, Well, then, I will not dance to your tune. For example, if you should ask some one to go with you to the movies and he should refuse, you might use the above expres¬ sion to show that you didnt really care. It would be equivalent to saying, Well, then, dont go.Now, it is from this expression that we get the popular ichgebibble. The Gentile neigh¬ bors of the Jews caught the words, Nicht ge- fiddled, and the best way they could echo them was by saying ichgebibble.The Jewish language is rich with these ex¬ pressions and because of their utilitarian value, they are destined to be taken over by the Americans and eventually become embodied in the English language, the same as other slang expressions. Would that our gentile friends might pronounce them correctly.Grace wras in all her steps,In every gesture dignity and love.-Milton.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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