Cevapcici, Raznici (1935)

[Bartek Plichta]

The Polish word for sausage is "kielbasa" in the Nominative. It is possible that this
immigrant inserted the word "kobasica" ("sausage" in Serbian - should be the same in
Croatian) in the English sentence in the Accusative. Unfortunately, I do not know the
Accusative form of "sausage" in Serbian.

I hope it helps.

Bartek Plichta



--- "James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at AOL.COM> wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/17/03 7:45:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Bapopik at AOL.COM
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> > AN AMERICAN IMMIGRANT VISITS YUGOSLAVIA AND DISCOVERS HIS OLD COUNTRY
> >  by Louis Adamic
> >  New York: Harper & Brothers
> >  1934
> >
> >  Pg. 73:  There were pitchers and bottles of wine, cider, and prune brandy;
> > loaves of bread, platters of home-cured ham and _klobase_ (smoked
> sausages),
> > with raw horseradish, and bowls of dried fruit of the previous year.
>
> The OED under "kielbasa" gives the source as "Polish _kielbase_ (a mark
> through the l), Russian _kolbasa_ sausage".  Since most Yugoslavs spoke Slavic
> languages, is "klobase" simply the Serbian or Croatian or whatever equivalent of
> the Russian "kolbasa"?
>
>      - Jim Landau
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