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The Mensch article over at the German Wikipedia seems not to acknowledge that Mensch is a Jiddisch word. Isn't that a little suspect? __meco 16:08, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but it could be due to mere ignorance, not necessarily prejudice. Erudil 17:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

The German Mensch article is the equivalent of Human, and neither of both focuses on etymology. I'm not sure where exactly it should be mentioned anyway, since the Yiddish (and, apparently, American) meaning of the word is virtually unknown among Germans. 80.108.198.141 23:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, it is known in Norwegian, which is both culturally and linguistically somewhat close to German language and culture. __meco 00:12, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

*siiiiiighs* I went through 13 years of school in Germany and never heard of it. It's not something that comes up often in American pop songs, and at least in my experience the English taught at school is mostly British/Commonwealth English.

I changed the link from this article to the German disambiguation page, since, as the anonymous commenter above said, the "homo sapiens" article didn't correspond to this article here, and added an explanation of the Yiddish/AE meaning. Anke 19:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)