Reply To: Why does Yiddish butcher Hebrew

Avi Knobler,

Even before the Holocaust, there was a disdain for Yiddish. It was called Jargon.

As for the kamatz and the patach, it would seem that the difference is very slight as Rabbenu Bahya says that one who confuses them destroys worlds. One can throw in someone who pronounces נשבע לאבותינו as if it were נשבה לבותיבו c”v.