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Philologos potchkies around.
איין פֿאָרשער האָט גערעדט וועגן דעם וואָס נישט בלויז די פֿרומע און אָרעמע ייִדן האָבן גערעדט ייִדיש, נאָר די רײַכע און געבילדעטע אויך.
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