Joshua Raclaw
@joshuaraclaw.com
sociocultural linguist working in trans and queer linguistics and conversation analysis. posts about yiddish, cooking, adhd, cats, professor stuff. (they/זײ) [ˈɹæ.klɔ] מיר װעלן זײ איבערלעבן
i cooked so much food today but the pumpkin pie was the really stand out dish
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
i cooked so much food today but the pumpkin pie was the really stand out dish
we’re doing a little post-feast nap over here
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
we’re doing a little post-feast nap over here
I’ve never tried reading Yiddish written left-to-right before and I’m kind of shocked at how viscerally discomforting it is
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I’ve never tried reading Yiddish written left-to-right before and I’m kind of shocked at how viscerally discomforting it is
working in a google doc and it's good how the built-in LLM suggestions just assume that none of us know anything at all, real on the nose
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
working in a google doc and it's good how the built-in LLM suggestions just assume that none of us know anything at all, real on the nose
Yiddish has great ways to say you’re annoying someone, like “banging them a teapot” (האַקן אַ טשײַניק) or “spinning them a hat” (דרײען אַ היטל) and other things I am doing to this dog
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Yiddish has great ways to say you’re annoying someone, like “banging them a teapot” (האַקן אַ טשײַניק) or “spinning them a hat” (דרײען אַ היטל) and other things I am doing to this dog
Adding alt text and a note that the girl on the left is wearing a sash with Yiddish text reading “anider mit kinder shklaferay” (אַנידער מיט קינדער שקלאַפֿערײַ): “down with child slavery”
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Adding alt text and a note that the girl on the left is wearing a sash with Yiddish text reading “anider mit kinder shklaferay” (אַנידער מיט קינדער שקלאַפֿערײַ): “down with child slavery”
get in boys were mïlkïng cörn
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
get in boys were mïlkïng cörn
feels great to live in a place where they keep pushing the thing that studies keep showing is VERY BAD and won't go near the thing that studies keep showing is VERY GOOD
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
feels great to live in a place where they keep pushing the thing that studies keep showing is VERY BAD and won't go near the thing that studies keep showing is VERY GOOD
"His name was Mayer, though in America they called him Max, even though it came out sounding like M E K S"
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"His name was Mayer, though in America they called him Max, even though it came out sounding like M E K S"
דאָס איז דאָך אַ פּודל. נו, װאָס איז טײַטש אַ ״פּוד״?
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
דאָס איז דאָך אַ פּודל. נו, װאָס איז טײַטש אַ ״פּוד״?
אַ ציאָניסט איז געקומען צום שטעטל
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
אַ ציאָניסט איז געקומען צום שטעטל
eepy, seepy, beautiful. cover girl.
November 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
eepy, seepy, beautiful. cover girl.
by far the funniest use of russian suffixes in yiddish is in the word ABORTNIK, a guy who does abortions
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
by far the funniest use of russian suffixes in yiddish is in the word ABORTNIK, a guy who does abortions
This is the wrong energy to bring to my inbox this morning
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is the wrong energy to bring to my inbox this morning
ס׳איז דאָ אַ טײַבלעך־שׂימחה און עמעצער האָט געבראַכט קיכלעך
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
ס׳איז דאָ אַ טײַבלעך־שׂימחה און עמעצער האָט געבראַכט קיכלעך
it should not be hard to avoid doing a little antisemitism when critiquing politicians who happen to be jewish and yet here we are
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
it should not be hard to avoid doing a little antisemitism when critiquing politicians who happen to be jewish and yet here we are
גוט: ייִדיש קלאַס
נאָך בעסער: ייִדיש קלאַס מיט אַ שטודיר־חבֿרטע
נאָך בעסער: ייִדיש קלאַס מיט אַ שטודיר־חבֿרטע
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
גוט: ייִדיש קלאַס
נאָך בעסער: ייִדיש קלאַס מיט אַ שטודיר־חבֿרטע
נאָך בעסער: ייִדיש קלאַס מיט אַ שטודיר־חבֿרטע
I’m sure -kele does a lot of heavy lifting on the sentiment (but also wish this dictionary did not list the NUBILE association here)
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m sure -kele does a lot of heavy lifting on the sentiment (but also wish this dictionary did not list the NUBILE association here)
The short path near my office has two different plants growing berries, I deserve to eat at least one of them
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The short path near my office has two different plants growing berries, I deserve to eat at least one of them
