Uttered by my great grandma Dobranski every time we entered her home in Elmira, ever since I can remember as a child, and the only sentence I learned in her native language. Pronounced "die-me-boo-jak", it means " give me a kiss ." My barely 5' tall, mid/late 80 YO great grandma would be in a housecoat and comfy slippers with her homemade specialties simmering on every burner in the kitchen. Big hug and kiss, then go grab a plate of pierogi and halupki. Her kitchen always smelled amazing and she loved nothing more than feeding her family. She and all of my Dobranski/Rosplock ancestors emigrated to the US in the late 1800s, early 1900s. They passed through Ellis Island with last names full of w/x/y/z's, speaking little if any English, and with the swipe of pen lost their familial names to whatever the immigration officer felt was the closest phonetically. To this day, my father and his siblings do not know the correct spelling for Rosplock. But t...