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Yiddish, shmiddish--why do we repeat a word but start it... A Staff Report from the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board February 12, 2002 Dear Straight Dope: What is the origin of the practice of a dispraging a word by saying the word than dropping the first letter and replacing it with "schm?" It comes from Yiddish, of course. Yiddish was the language of eastern European (or Ashkenazic) Jews. Yiddish uses the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and is written from right to left (like Hebrew.) Around the tenth century, Jews from what is now northern France, who spoke Old French (and Hebrew), moved to towns along the Rhine, where they began to use the local German dialect, which they adopted and adapted. As Yiddish developed, there was obviously a heavy Hebrew influence (names, holidays, religious matters). Yiddish did evolve, of course, but independently. Yiddish is only one of the many vernacular languages fashioned by Jews throughout the ages. The borrowing was two-way: American English adapted phrases from Yiddish. And (finally, we get to it!)
A Street Art Blog & Mobstr looks for an acceptable shade of grey Mobstr just sent over this series of photos. I imagine the buff man has been laughing to himself about all this… Photos by Mobstr Share Category: Photos | Tags: mobstr 30 of the Worlds Greatest Wedding Cakes Few things are more important on a wedding day (apart from both partners turning up; the ring being secure; and nobody objecting during the ceremony) than the cake. Very few weddings are without such a centrepiece. It's just a shame that so many couples opt for the same traditional, boring designs when there is so much opportunity to impress and surprise the guests. Here are 30 brilliant examples, to be used as inspiration for your own big day. Above: A wedding cake fit for an action hero. Above: An illustration of things to come? Above: There's nothing like brutal honesty wrapped in a Portal nod to begin a marriage. Above: A wedding massacre. Above: A show of vanity so incredible as to be impressive. Above: A wedding cake fit for geeks. Above: The most unappetising wedding cake I've ever wanted. Above: A work of baked art. Above: For Stargate fans only. Above: Good news everyone! Above: A cake for the Lego lovers amongst us. Above: Binary deliciousness. Above: Nothing is safe from Steampunk.
MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD IN THE HOLOCAUST by Judith Jagermann At the age of seven I knew already that we're different from ourneighbours. We lived in Karlsbad, where I was also born. It was Sukkoth (Feast of Tabernacles) and my Papa had just beenbusy making a "Sukka" in the yard of the house where we lived andwhere my parents had a big kosher restaurant. When all of asudden, stones were thrown from the neighbours' windows. I wasterribly scared and asked Papa why they did this to us. We stayed for another two years in Karlsbad, after which we had toflee from the Germans to Prague. Many houses bore captions in large letters: " Do not buy in Jewishshops" or "Jews get out". One day, when I was eleven and a half years old, Mama received aprinted summon, instructing us to appear at Prague's ExhibitionHalls, in order to join a "transport" (i.e. the actualdeportation convoy of human beings to the concentration camps)which would drag us into the unknown. After a couple of days we were sent from Prague to Theresienstadt.It was an enormous confusion.
mental_floss Blog & Now that's a nasty breakup I'm probably lucky: I haven't broken up with (or been broken up with by ) that many people. Those few occasions where actual face-to-face breaking-up was necessary were often awkward and often painful -- and sometimes both -- but thankfully, revenge was never a part of the equation. Here are some examples of just how revengefully wrong breakups can go: More nasty breakups, after the jump.
Bad Hebrew Tattoos: Misspelling Gods Name Today we have a very untalented speller. This guy was going for a simple (but very visible) Hebrew "God" tattoo. Well, this is what he got: If you wanted to know just how bad one can misspell "God", this would be your answer. This spelling lacks the letter He, has a randomly added Ayin in the middle, and the Mem isn't in its final form. Also, completely unrelated Nikkud under the Alef. It looks as if this guy knew how the word was supposed to sound in Hebrew, and tried to transliterate it on his own. I bet God is none too happy about this ridiculous treatment of his name. Want to translate "God" correctly to Hebrew?
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