Yinglish survey, pass it on! (doo-dah, doo-dah)

[chanaleh]

[By way of la_vie_en_rosie... and I found it extremely fun so I encourage all you linguaphiles to go do it, yidlach and Gentiles alike:]

You are invited to participate in an interesting and entertaining survey about language. Essentially, we're asking about the spread of Yiddish (and some Hebrew) among English speakers in North America. We're turning to both Jews and non-Jews to answer questions like these: Who uses Yiddish words like "shmooze" and "daven" and phrases like "Money, shmoney"? Why do some people say "temple" while others say "shul"? Who prefers biblical names for their babies? Your responses will help us answer these and other questions, and you might learn something about yourself in the process. Please set aside 15-20 minutes, and click on this link to participate:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9eQwWyblG_2b8ixLqbt6QFhg_3d_3d

Please forward this request to your friends and family. We are hoping to get thousands of responses from people of all religions, ages, and regions of the United States and Canada. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail Prof. Sarah Bunin Benor <sbenor@huc.edu> or Prof. Steven M. Cohen <steve34nyc@aol.com>.

Comments

Re: Odd...

[netpositive.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought that was a really weird design flaw/omission. (Being interested in survey design, I then wondered if they deliberately meant to do that or if it was part of their unconscious set of assumptions...)

I stuck it under Other too, along with "possibly Scots or Gaelic". If you saw my hair and freckles, you'd agree. :)