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To: Alouette

You'll probably know better than me, but when sitting in a synagogue service one day, a young mother yells out "O' Shit".

She was new to the congregation, from Israel, didn't have a great command of English, and I hadn't talked to her yet because me hebrew was flaky. So, myself and most of the congregation just went dead silent, and started staring at her.

A little kid runs up to her and jumps on her lap.

Apaarently Oshit is a Hebrew boy's name that translates as "to shine" in English.

Poor kid went for almost 6 months with that name before people convinced the mom to legally change it.


93 posted on 08/12/2005 7:56:20 AM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: JerseyHighlander

Almost as good as the vietnamese name Phuk.


94 posted on 08/12/2005 7:57:19 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: JerseyHighlander
I never heard that one, and I have never heard of that name.

But since you bring it up, here are the Top 10 Jewish boys and girls' names in the crowd that I hang out with:

JEWISH BOYS NAMES

1. Menachem Mendel
2. Menachem
3. Mendel
4. Yosef Yitzhak
5. Yossi
6. Yitzhak
7. Shalom
8. David
9. Yisrael
10. Aryeh

JEWISH GIRLS NAMES

1. Chaya Mushka
2. Chaya
3. Mushka
4. Moussia
5. Chana
6. Rivka
7. Leah
8. Deborah
9. Esther
10. Rachel

96 posted on 08/12/2005 8:09:13 AM PDT by Alouette (My son joined the IDF to protect Jews, not Ariel Sharon.)
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