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General Category => Words => Topic started by: 2dognight on October 23, 2016, 05:41:09 PM
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Never heard of knish so googled said word. It sounds very tasty.
I would humbly like to suggest the the said Knish joins its cousin the Rissole
as a rare word :-H :-H :-H
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I had never heard of knish, either, to my knowledge (I'm not Jewish); but as I said before, rissole is an everyday word to me. So I guess we're just all different.
I did find a list of Yiddish words somewhere. Perhaps I should find it and consult it whenever we get K and N, or S, C and H in the letters!
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I learned this word from Chi a few years ago; since then I've heard it a few times in films and TV progs. I've still never seen a 'real-life' knish as far as I know; there's not much call for Jewish food in Thailand, although I have seen packets of bagels on sale in the supermarkets occasionally.
Familiar throughout the English speaking world? Probably not, in my humble opinion.
MK
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Growing up in New Jersey, I didn't know it either until I moved to NYC, with its large eastern European population. I know we've become much more cosmopolitan in our cuisines since I was a kid, but I do wonder if knishes are common outside metropolitan areas, especially those with large Jewish populations.
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I agree - definitely not common everywgere Chi is played. I'll make both knish and knishes rare.