[Air-L] [CITASA] naches

[Barry Wellman]

yiddish. the language of sociology


  Barry Wellman
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On Sun, 16 Oct 2011, Robert E. Phelan wrote:

> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:28:50 -0400
> From: Robert E. Phelan <rphelan at choiceonemail.com>
> To: 'Barry Wellman' <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca>,
>     'communication and information technology section asa'
>     <citasa at list.citasa.org>, 'aoir list' <air-l at aoir.org>
> Subject: RE: [CITASA] naches
> 
> OK, make that two.... I'm having trouble figuring out the etiology of the
> word. Latin? Greek? Sumerian? I speak Chinese and am pretty sure it is not
> of Sino-Tibetan origin.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: citasa-bounces at list.citasa.org [mailto:citasa-bounces at list.citasa.org]
> On Behalf Of Barry Wellman
> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 7:10 PM
> To: communication and information technology section asa; aoir list
> Subject: [CITASA] naches
>
> I'm astonished but one academic doesn't know what "naches" is.
>
> Pleasurable enjoyment; feeling good by doing good.
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>  Barry Wellman
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>   S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC               NetLab Director
>   Department of Sociology                  725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388
>   University of Toronto   Toronto Canada M5S 2J4   twitter:barrywellman
>   http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman             fax:+1-416-978-3963
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