tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post338709376147694915..comments2008-04-09T07:42:40.921+03:00Benji Lovitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695249834038406639blovitt@gmail.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-42405514042527605842008-04-09T07:42:00.000+03:002008-04-09T07:42:00.000+03:002008-04-09T07:42:00.000+03:00Bohn Anad Gree?Benji Lovitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695249834038406639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-19821250023235347562008-04-09T02:17:00.000+03:002008-04-09T02:17:00.000+03:002008-04-09T02:17:00.000+03:00Ilana,<BR/><BR/>I LOVE the literalness! "V-shmoneh," indeed!<BR/><BR/>Benji, I think she was trying to say "Ben and Jerry's."<BR/><BR/>Sheldonsheldannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-49834623654721132352008-04-04T23:02:00.000+03:002008-04-04T23:02:00.000+03:002008-04-04T23:02:00.000+03:00Bahn Ened Jarai?Benji Lovitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695249834038406639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-59856319900161297452008-04-04T21:33:00.000+03:002008-04-04T21:33:00.000+03:002008-04-04T21:33:00.000+03:00What kind of ice cream do you eat anyway? Maybe it should have been spelled:<BR/>בן אנד ג'רי<BR/>which should clarify everything.<BR/>:-)Ilananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-88868167809161568012008-04-04T00:43:00.000+03:002008-04-04T00:43:00.000+03:002008-04-04T00:43:00.000+03:00Who are Ben and Gary?Benji Lovitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695249834038406639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-6612157101073314672008-04-04T00:41:00.000+03:002008-04-04T00:41:00.000+03:002008-04-04T00:41:00.000+03:00And then there's בן אנד גרי...why not בן וגרי?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this one Benji, I was rolling!Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268700531143953236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-40146556189383591632008-04-02T10:10:00.000+03:002008-04-02T10:10:00.000+03:002008-04-02T10:10:00.000+03:00It's a good idea, Ilana... : )Benji Lovitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695249834038406639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-20357136612821880072008-04-02T09:54:00.000+03:002008-04-02T09:54:00.000+03:002008-04-02T09:54:00.000+03:00So, once upon a time I had friends in the army and according to them you get things like:<BR/><BR/>em seshesray (M-16)<BR/><BR/>ef sheshesray eye (F-16I)<BR/><BR/>but, strangely enough,<BR/><BR/>rio (R 10--which is a kind of vehicle. I'm a girl, don't expect so much in the kind-of-vehicle department.)<BR/><BR/>I think you should make a whole category of direct and indirect translations. That would be great!Ilananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-31667823656087497412008-04-01T23:29:00.000+03:002008-04-01T23:29:00.000+03:002008-04-01T23:29:00.000+03:00Daniel,<BR/><BR/>Actually, "Vi Ayt" would probably be better. Somehow, tranlating V-8 LITERALLY into Hebrew is a little cumbersome.sheldannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-46555863564125065952008-04-01T22:35:00.000+03:002008-04-01T22:35:00.000+03:002008-04-01T22:35:00.000+03:00Actually the most sensible spelling you could ask for...<BR/>Would you rather have<BR/>ווי אייט?<BR/>That of course would be like the mighty bulldozer which IS called:<BR/>די נייןDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614037441986044784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-67874981688593163052008-04-01T19:37:00.000+03:002008-04-01T19:37:00.000+03:002008-04-01T19:37:00.000+03:00No, empirically speaking, V-shmoneh is funny....Esther Kustanowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598539253079410648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35250603.post-52459935073228366212008-04-01T17:58:00.000+03:002008-04-01T17:58:00.000+03:002008-04-01T17:58:00.000+03:00Here's one for ya........I sat in an eating establishment the other day with my son. It took me a while till I could figure out what they were advertising on a sign nearby......<BR/><BR/>וופר חליפינו<BR/><BR/>needless to say, I thought of your postings about funny things israeli's write in hebrew......Emah Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188162186175200035noreply@blogger.com