[78-L] Benny Goodman

[David Lennick]

Pretty similar in most North American melting pot cities.
dl

> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 09:19:28 -0400
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com.invalid
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Benny Goodman
> 
> 
> Most likely it *was *Yiddlsh, especially during that period. Among most
> Jewish families, Yiddish was spoken in the home, and English was spoken out
> in the world. Parents relied on children to teach them English, which they
> learned in school and out on the street.
> 
> This is based on what my parents and grandparents told me.
> 
> Jeff Sultanof
> 
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 9:09 AM, David Lennick <
> dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'd go with Yiddish.
> > dl
> >
> > > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > > Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 14:55:56 +0200
> > > From: saag at telia.com.invalid
> > > Subject: [78-L] Benny Goodman
> > >
> > >
> > > Benny Goodman was the son of Jewish immigrants from Europe, his father
> > > from Warsaw, Poland, his mother from Kaunas, Lithuania, who met in the
> > US.
> > > According to some biographic records Benny's mother never learned to
> > > speak or write English.
> > > But what was Benny's mother tongue? What did the family speak at home?
> > > Yiddish? English? Polish? Lithuanian? Russian? (Both Lithuania and
> > > Poland was under Russian rule at the time when Benny's parents grew up).
> > > I've searched the net without finding the answer. Anyone knows or wants
> > > to take a guess?
> > > Kristjan
> > >
> > >
> > >
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