Making a brisket for my Jewish wife and child for this evening. Also getting my sourdough starter activated for leftover brisket sandwiches for lunch tomorrow for me, the Goyim in the household.
Goyim is plural. It's a feminine noun that takes the masculine ending when plural.
Putz.
Am I being name called because I pointed out some Hebrew grammar? I'd almost call it anti-Semitic.
Wow. Accused of being anti-Semitic. At 55 years old, a lifetime first for me.
I've had the unmitigated pleasure of breaking bread with many from this forum and I believe to a person they'd describe me to be about as easy-going as it gets. Before we shared wine, I didn't ask their religion, race, sexual orientation, politics or anything else because quite frankly I could care less. So let's set aside that wildly inaccurate accusation for now and talk about why I called you a putz.
I love your posts about art and architecture but especially those about film. Not only do you share your encyclopedic knowledge and tell stories about the people who inspire, make, and watch films but also use that unparalleled depth of subject matter expertise to include coincidental trivia about where people are buried and who lived near whom. It's great stuff. I learn something every time.
Other posts, not so much. It's like you can't help yourself from hitting the Post Reply button before running it through the "Does this add value to the conversation, or will it make me come across as an overbearing pedant?" filter.
More to the point, csm's post was nice. He's not Jewish but was cooking to honour the traditions for his wife and daughter. And maybe sneaking in a sandwich or two for himself. He threw in a Yiddish word for fun. You could have commented, like mneeley490 did, on the substance, theme or content of the post. Or you could have said nothing at all. Instead, you called him out on a grammatical error for the Yiddish word. Was that truly necessary? It's clearly not his native language, and my guess one in which he has not spent much time learning proper usage and grammar rules. But you didn't care - you had to set things right and show the world you knew better.
Your own posts are rife with spelling mistakes. How would you feel if, after every brilliant, erudite post on film or art, I commented not on the substance of your post but instead on whatever spelling errors you'd made? After a while, I'm guessing you'd start to think "Man, this vint is an asshole. A nitpicker. Or even maybe...a putz." Did I have to use the Yiddish word? Nope. But I thought it somehow appropriate given the nature of the conversation and believed others might see the irony.
You can fire back, but I won't respond further on this particular subject. I hope one day we get the opprtunity to raise a glass together. I truly mean that.