Re: Re: Back in the Saddle

From: Christophe <xof_at_chanticleer.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:35:14 -0700

On 12 Apr 2006, at 17:07, tschibasch wrote:
> When Hebrew became the national language of Isreal, there was this
> issue of taking such a great language and using it for such things as
> ordering meals in a restaurant or arguing with your spouse.

I've been told by native speakers that the majority of the epithets
and curses are Arabic, with some Yiddish and Russian thrown in, since
the historical language lost those (not a lot of "you moron" quotes
in the Torah).
Received on 2006-04-12 17:35:23