llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

I used to hear someone say, "yeashe schmedea" or something similar. Any idea what he meant?

Thanks! And DOBRÉ ODPOLEDNE

~Lee

Pstrykacz

Definitely not in Polish.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Very difficult when spelled phonetically.
--Bob

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

Thank you sir!

~Lee

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

Thank you sir!

~Lee

alvin3232 Loc: Houston, TX

I did some looking and found this, now I could be incorrect but take a look.

wisdom ocean queen

https://shambhalatimes.org/2018/12/16/yeshe-tsogyal-woman-and-feminine-principle/

Alvin

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

Alvin, thanks but I don't think this is it. He would almost grumble "yeshe schmedea" when things didn't go quite right. Sort of like a mild curse.

~Lee

RightOnPhotography Loc: Quebec,QC

It might be in Hebrew. Yeashe is probably "yeshu" which is Jesus in Hebrew. Don't know the second word.
Dobre ODPOLEDNE is Good afternoon in Czech language.

alvin3232 Loc: Houston, TX

Understood.

Alvin

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

I'm thinking maybe Hebrew and /or Yiddish

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

Probably, even though he was Bohemian and maybe Polish, he definitely had many Jewish friends. No way to check anymore as time has taken its toll.

~Lee

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

I’m going to give a guess and say it is a Yiddish slang expression equivalent of “Jesus, Schmesus”.

lxu532 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

I agree. I'm Polish, both sets of Grandparents came from Poland and I've never heard that before.

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

Thanks, Joehel2! That could be it. And thanks to everyone else for their thoughts and input.

~Lee

Stephan G

Re: "Dobre odpoledne" Slavic has been around for a few millennia. "Dobre" is "good". "Odpo" is "After". "Ludne" is "Lunch". The translations are rough, but give the rough estimation of meaning. It can be from any part of the Slavic-based to infused- areas. A lot can be gotten by the pronunciation. When the Soviets pushed the Russian language as to be the sole language of the former Soviet Union, the variants grew in number.

An example: говорите (Ukrainian) Ho-vo-ree-teh - "speak" (Each syllable given even inflection)
говорите (Russian) Gah-vah-ree'-tye - "speak" (Stress on the third syllable)

Multiply by the number of the other languages using Slavic words will have the variations expounded.

The first phrase, I agree, is Yiddish. Yiddish draws on the language of a region and comes up with its variations. The dominant language still seems to be Germanic. Also one of the methods used in Yiddish is to make a rhyme of a noun, usually for derogatory purpose, "George-shmorje" (equivalent for "whippy-dip").

The point is that languages do draw on the local groups to bring out the myriad variations.