Oy. I make a joke, and Mikey D turns it into a language lesson.
<sigh> (<grin>) -Ben > Unless your Ashkinazi who has not thrown out the extra sound for the letter > Tav/Sav. We use the term Bris which never confuses the English. :) > (Some letters in Hebrew have more than one sound. Some of these extra sounds > have been 'tossed out' by different Jewish communities. I'm totally against > tossing sounds out, but its politics now). > > At 01:52 PM 6/6/02, you wrote: > >OK, so the contingent to the east of the pond are > >British, Brit for short. > > > >But "Brit" means "covenant" in Hebrew. > >And the covenant means > ><snip> > ></snip> > > > >And > ><snip> > ></snip> > >isn't a British tradition. > > > >Oh, I'm *so* confused ... > ><grin> > > > >-Ben > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
