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Working Title: Old People Are Jewish: From YKTTW
I think the working title is better; it's what I've been calling it for years in conversation. —-Fnord23
Fun fact: many of us have to leave home before realising that our parents actually have accents, meaning that just at the age at which I might have become a comdeian, my elderly father's Yiddish/Polish/French/Mancunian/{New York} accent started to sound particularly strong—-Fnord23
Vampire Buddha: Removed this pile of natter from the Grim entry:
- This could be an example Yiddish as a Second Language, as one doesn't subjugate a race of people for centuries without picking up a few things. Interbreeding undoubtedly occurred, as well, making this possibly a completely straight example.
- Not likely, since Yiddish only came into existence as a combination of Hebrew and Old German several millenia after the exodus from Egypt.
- This may be the Translation Convention in play: "Yiddish" means "Jewish" to modern Americans (and vice versa)—-in the unlikely event that the 'toon had originated in 18th Century Britain or Holland, the mummy would have sounded Portuguese.
- More likely, Rule of Funny here. Bear in mind we're talking about a series that makes Death into an incompetent whiner with a Jamaican accent.
- ...for the sake of a one-off joke involving the word 'Limbo'.
- This could be an example Yiddish as a Second Language, as one doesn't subjugate a race of people for centuries without picking up a few things. Interbreeding undoubtedly occurred, as well, making this possibly a completely straight example.
