#frumspeak

[misguidedandperplexed]

Word of Mouth article by Fruma Krakowski from the 2026 Mishpacha Expanded Pesach Issue (1106 Book II). Pages 1-6 of 12, see reblog for pages 7-12.

Let me know if any of it is too blurry to read.

@knaidelmaidel

[is-it-shabbos-yet]

Phrases that I’ve only heard in the frum community: 

- “By” instead of “at”; example: I stayed by them for Shabbos. 

- “Happens to be”; example: It happens to be that I am a nurse.

-”It’s not normal.” example: It’s not normal how cute this kid is. 

- using a dangling adverb; example: I am getting a coffee, just! 

- placing “should” in a strange place in the sentence; example: I should close the window? (vs. Should I close the window?) 

- strangely placed adverbs; example: I anyway wanted to go to shul. 

There are a ton more, but these are the ones I could think of right now. And this is just in English, ignoring the sprinkled in Hebrew and Yiddish words. 

Also, disclaimer, these may be often-used expressions in other venues, but it happens to be that I’ve only heard them when talking to frum people. 

What ones did I miss?