No need to translate Yiddish! My mom had a very good friend when she was in grade school - this is funny - it was the 40's, probably during The War, and neither set of parents knew the other child was not Jewish/Presbyterian because the last names were not obvious. My mom's was Mason, but I don't know about her friend. Anyway, it all fell apart when my mom asked her mother if she could go to Synagogue with her friend. Anyway, mom learned a bunch of Yiddish because she was over at her friend's all the time, and used it when we were growing up. I thought everyone used those words! And then, of course, my ex was Jewish.