Re: Racist Devolution

Marion Gunn (icnucevm.cnuce.cnr.it!irlearn.ucd.ie!mgunn)
Wed, 4 Sep 1991 15:03:55 GMT


> is to concentrate on our survival in 1992, and we NEED public sympathy
> or at least public curiosity, not public apathy and boredom with "yet
> another complaint" .... also known as "Ma ishtana ha layla hazeh"
> ...
> lyn

I picked up the above phrase on NATIVENET. Can anyone explain the
construction, tell me which word is which, and what language it is?
Marion Gunn

[ Wouldn't surprise me if the language is Yiddish. As for what it means,
we'll have to ask Lyn. --Gary ]

PS. Apologies if you get strange headers - "Racist Devolution, etc." but I
am caught in a mailer which at the moment prefers using the "reply" button
to ab origo attemps at mailing to the net. Probably a temporary hitch. MG

MGUNN@IRLEARN.UCD.IE

[ I've found that the Internet/Bitnet gateway for Marion's host is not known
universally within the United States, so if you want to reply to her, I'd
suggest indicating the gateway explicitly, using the address found in the
"Original-Sender" line above, or using the address: "mgunn@irlearn.bitnet.

--Gary ]