• 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.