Talk:kvetch

Pronunciation
Does anyone know of an alternative pronunciation, given that /kvɛtʃ/ violates normal English phonotactics, and some people surely replace the /kv/ with something else? — ˈzɪzɨvə 02:07, 31 October 2009 (UTC)


 * No, anyone who doesn’t want to or cannot say /kvɛtʃ/ must choose another word. The only people who use this word are able to say it that way. —Stephen 22:50, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Origin
Not from quetschen, but from the bavarian word quatchen. To gossip or to prattle.
 * It is neither from German nor from Bavarian, and your comparison appears to be spurious. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 22:36, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The origin of this word is Yiddish. Weitzhandler (talk) 12:18, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
 * In fact, is not at all Bavarian, it's Standard German, and originally more common in Central and Low German. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 22:37, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

RFV
Rfv-sense for the adjective. In a lifetime of kvetching, I've never heard or seen this as an adjective, and I can't find any such cites on BGC, although I may be searching poorly. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 22:44, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 00:46, 13 June 2013 (UTC)