Cassidy

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:45 PM -0400 10/17/07, Alice Faber wrote:
>Wilson Gray wrote:
>>Personally, I think that it's obvious that "kibosh" comes from
>>Yiddish. The analysis is clear. I'm familiar with the term. Yet, I
>>know that it's not BE. That leaves Yiddish. Q.E.D. :-)
>>
>
>It's hard to argue with that logic!
>
In that case, I think we have to regard "kibosh" as a scribal error
for what should have been rendered as "kibbish".  Maybe this is all
revealed in the new book on Yiddish reviewed in today's Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/books/17grimes.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin).

LH

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