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Geek test #4
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Geek test #4
George Bush: Who's on first?
Ariel Sharon: Me?
George Bush: No, the guy on first base.
Ariel Sharon: Me?
George Bush: You are on first?
Ariel Sharon: No, I'm asking you. Me?
George Bush: Who?
Ariel Sharon: Wait, you mean that fellow over there?
George Bush: So he is on first?
Ariel Sharon: What are you talking about? There are no girls on this team.
George Bush: So who's on first?
Ariel Sharon: Me?
Ariel Sharon: Me?
George Bush: No, the guy on first base.
Ariel Sharon: Me?
George Bush: You are on first?
Ariel Sharon: No, I'm asking you. Me?
George Bush: Who?
Ariel Sharon: Wait, you mean that fellow over there?
George Bush: So he is on first?
Ariel Sharon: What are you talking about? There are no girls on this team.
George Bush: So who's on first?
Ariel Sharon: Me?
Re: Geek test #4
In Hebrew, the word meaning "who" is pronounced "me", the word for "he" is pronounced "who" and the word for "she" is pronounced "he".
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Thank you for the education. Without that the wit was quite unfathomable. C.laladonny wrote:In Hebrew, the word meaning "who" is pronounced "me", the word for "he" is pronounced "who" and the word for "she" is pronounced "he".
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British English had many sources – predominantly Old English (Anglo-Saxon), Old Norse, Latin and French (medieval Norman French is still used occasionally in Parliament) – but the import of Hebrew is not one of its multifarious etymological qualities. Although the use of Yiddish (which is Germanic, not Hebraic) is common in New York, it is somewhat rare in old York, in spite of its having a Jewish settlement until as recently as 1190.
Sorry laladonny
Sorry laladonny
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Re: Geek test #4
csearle wrote:Thank you for the education. Without that the wit was quite unfathomable. C.laladonny wrote:In Hebrew, the word meaning "who" is pronounced "me", the word for "he" is pronounced "who" and the word for "she" is pronounced "he".
Much more fathomable is the classic Abbott & Costello Who's on first? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg
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stewamax wrote:British English had many sources – predominantly Old English (Anglo-Saxon), Old Norse, Latin and French (medieval Norman French is still used occasionally in Parliament) – but the import of Hebrew is not one of its multifarious etymological qualities. Although the use of Yiddish (which is Germanic, not Hebraic) is common in New York, it is somewhat rare in old York, in spite of its having a Jewish settlement until as recently as 1190.
Sorry laladonny
Yiddish - gazump
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Re: Geek test #4
stewamax wrote:British English had many sources – predominantly Old English (Anglo-Saxon), Old Norse, Latin and French (medieval Norman French is still used occasionally in Parliament) – but the import of Hebrew is not one of its multifarious etymological qualities. Although the use of Yiddish (which is Germanic, not Hebraic) is common in New York, it is somewhat rare in old York, in spite of its having a Jewish settlement until as recently as 1190.
Sorry laladonny
Umm the settlement of which you speak pretty much ceased to exist that year in a genocidal event at Clifford's tower. Such pogroms were repeated all over Europe at the time and just goes to show that the events of the 20th Century had many precedents sadly. I would imagine there are many more jews living in York today than in 1189, certainly there are more than in 1191.
I would say to the OP, if you have to explain, it just isnt all that funny
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laladonny wrote:In Hebrew, the word meaning "who" is pronounced "me", the word for "he" is pronounced "who" and the word for "she" is pronounced "he".
Do you know the Hebrew for 'Oh, how we laughed!!' ?
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DiamondEcho wrote:laladonny wrote:In Hebrew, the word meaning "who" is pronounced "me", the word for "he" is pronounced "who" and the word for "she" is pronounced "he".
Do you know the Hebrew for 'Oh, how we laughed!!' ?
Google Translate suggests: אוי כמה צחקנו
Hope this helps
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Re: Geek test #4
DiamondEcho wrote:laladonny wrote:In Hebrew, the word meaning "who" is pronounced "me", the word for "he" is pronounced "who" and the word for "she" is pronounced "he".
Do you know the Hebrew for 'Oh, how we laughed!!' ?
Oy vey!
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