How do you pronounce yarmulke in Yiddish?
Yarmulke is a Yiddish word that sounds kind of like “yah-ma-kah.”
How is Gerry pronounced?
Gerry is normally pronounced the same way as Jerry, and most native speakers would pronounce it in this way. It just happens that the Mr Gerry I referred to pronounced his surname with the intitial letter /g/ as in ‘get’.
How do you spell yamaka?
This article looks at the skullcap Orthodox Jewish men use to cover their heads. It is known in Hebrew as a kippah or in Yiddish as a yarmulke.
Do you pronounce the L in polka?
For “polka“, it says that in BE (in the UK) the L is always pronounced, while in AE (in the US) both pronunciations are correct: with and without the L. For “polka-dot” the WR dictionary only lists the “without the L” AE pronunciation.