17 Oct
2011
17 Oct
'11
4:27 p.m.
Quoting Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca>: I'm astonished but one academic doesn't know what "naches" is. Google, probably by best internet friend, tells me ... NACHES: Joy. To "shep naches" means to derive pleasure. Jewish children are expected to provide their parent with naches in the form of achievement. http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm Not sure what my iPhone friend will tell me when she shows up ... ... steve