e-Yentl

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Dave Aronson writes:
 > On Tue March 2 2004 18:18, Michael Thomas wrote:
 > 
 >  > Or is this just a covert way of saying that we need an e-Yentl?
 > 
 > Nitpick: yenta (meddler/gossiper/busybody, but especially matchmaker), 
 > not Yentl (name chosen by girl disguised as boy to get accepted to a 
 > yeshiva, in Isaac Bashevis Singer story).

Right you are, but I was actually misremembering
the actual character's name in Fiddler on the Roof
which now that I check imdb was spelled Yente.

Oi.

		Mike


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