On Volcanoes, Chickens, and Plumbers
There aren’t likely many Yiddish speakers in Hawaii, but one might be curious, reading of the eruptions of Hawaii’s Kileaua volcano, about just how one says “volcano” in the mamehloshon. Be curious no longer. It’s vulkan.
Don’t be disappointed. There are, after all, no vents in the earth’s crust that have spewed lava, steam, and ashes in Eastern Europe, and so it’s no groiseh pliah (great wonder) that there isn’t some special Yiddish word for such a geographic feature.
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