Straight from the Shtetl to Stornoway

I just found out that this year's Christmas musical at the school where I do research is going to be Fiddler on the Roof. I am already amused by this, and can't wait to see the rehearsals, especially when they are going to try to adapt the story to local conditions. I mean, you probably all know how I really feel about musicals, but this one may just be too bizarre to pass up.

Actually, what a great sociolinguistic research project! I can't wait to see what they choose to be the equivalent of Yiddish phrases and what identity categories they see as equivalent to Yentl. What a fun chapter that'll be in the dissertation! (Or maybe a good presentation for Michicagoan?)

I just thought y'all would enjoy the image...

PS on the last post: I just discovered a TV show called "Too posh to wash" in the TV guide, in which they apparently go around convincing people who don't wash to do so...sometimes you wonder if social darwinism wouldn't take care of these things! :-)