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- Duane Meissner - 05-20-2001

Is "Manischewitz" German?

If so, one would pronounce it mahn-ish-eh-vits.. correct?

or am I way off?

D


- mrdutton - 05-20-2001

I think it goes like this:

mahn-i-SHEV-its


- RAD - 05-20-2001

Both sound the same to me. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

RAD


- winoweenie - 05-20-2001

MrD do the proper. I mite be wrong but I tink it mite be Jewish, German-Jewish, or maybe Spanish-Jewish ( Shiv-its) WW


- barnesy - 05-20-2001

Yiddish, possibly.

which is the german-hebrew langue mix

Barnesy


- IrishMum - 05-22-2001

Definitely Jewish! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]


- IrishMum - 05-22-2001

P.S. She has a killer Matzo Ball Soup!!!