• WelcomeBear@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          “Yiddish” isn’t a people, I think you mean Jewish.
          I’m mostly just kidding, but I think this one could go either way.
          German and Jewish: people’s backgrounds.
          German and Yiddish: people’s languages.

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            6 months ago

            Yeah, I can see the miscommunication. The name means red beard in Yiddish, but the kind of people who might have that name are Jewish. I saw “German” and assumed the translation of the name was referring to the language, not considering that they were referring to the people.