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Old 10-27-2008, 05:38 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon View Post
And which, dare I ask, did we read?
English.

French is written differently than the Yiddish and I can only guess at it without a dictionary.

However some significant differences exist. In the French, the boys released to coucher avec the girls but the Yiddish reflects the boys raped the girls to exact revenge upon them.

It is very amazing the depravities conveyed in the short time span.

Nice article by the way.
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