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July 27, 2017 11:41 pm at 11:41 pm
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zahavasdad
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Unlike French, which has an official language institute which must approve new words, Yiddish is ever changing and evolving.
As stated before the YIVO is the official Yiddish Language institute. Chassidim however do not follow what the YIVO declares to be a yiddish word and French speakers may borrow an english word even against the French language insititude’s ruling