http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/ en Fri, 24 Jul 2015 21:09:03 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/tumult#post-412127 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:36:56 +0000 oomis 412127@http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/ <p>LOL, my son asked me why Romney was using Yiddish expressions. </p> http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/tumult#post-412029 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:48:17 +0000 Syag Lchochma 412029@http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/ <p>I think the only word he said more times than 'tumult' was 'Israel' </p> http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/tumult#post-412025 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:36:16 +0000 The Litvishe Kiryas Yoelite 412025@http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/ <p>So, today, after Mitt Romney found a new fondness in using the word "tumult" during tonight's debate I learnt that the origin of the word, in fact, is a true English word entering the lexicon in Middle English (circa 15th Century), and not a Yiddish crossover word as many other Yiddish words that have entered the standard American-English lexicon, as I always assumed. </p>