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Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Stand-up Comedian Elon Gold Has Fun With Hebrew and English Words
The 2019 AEC 15th Annual In Pursuit of Excellence Gala in Las Vegas featured a comedy bit with stand-up comedian Elon Gold and Adelson Educational Campus senior Rosie Polonsky.
The duo put on a skit highlighting the fun that can result from saying words that have totally different meanings in Hebrew and English.
A classic example: Mi means who, who means he, he means she. And so it goes, on and on, bringing back memories of Abbott and Costello's famous "Who's on first?" routine.
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This was great!
ReplyDeleteOne of my earliest experiences with Hebrew. I had just married my Israeli husband and made Aliyah. I didn't yet know him well. We were walking in a light rain to a Bris when I asked him, "What does Rak Shniah mean?" So he says, "Wait a second." And so I am waiting and wondering what could he be so deep in thought about that he couldn't answer my question? Then it hit me.
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