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in reply to a message by Joseph Meers
As you can see, Selwyn gave a very interesting lesson in Hebrew. (Well done, Selwyn!) And, while it's true that the Hebrew alefbet has no consonants, there does exist a system of minor symbols -- called "nikkudim" which have been developed over the centuries to stand in as vowels and aid in the pronunciation of Hebrew words.
Can you possibly spell out your friend's name by naming the Hebrew letters in it? The Hebrew word "Shoah" does literally mean "storm", but it is more often recognized today as the Hebrew word for the Holocaust. I can't really imagine parents naming their daughter after such a thing.
A similar-sounding name to "Shoaleh" might be "Shuala", which means "fox".
Why don't you have your friend ask her parents what they had in mind when they named her? :)
-- Nanaea
Can you possibly spell out your friend's name by naming the Hebrew letters in it? The Hebrew word "Shoah" does literally mean "storm", but it is more often recognized today as the Hebrew word for the Holocaust. I can't really imagine parents naming their daughter after such a thing.
A similar-sounding name to "Shoaleh" might be "Shuala", which means "fox".
Why don't you have your friend ask her parents what they had in mind when they named her? :)
-- Nanaea
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Very poor joke
Maybe they are self-hating jews :PPPP
Maybe they are self-hating jews :PPPP
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Charlie Chaplin kicked Hitler's butt
One of the weirdest things was that Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16th, 1889, just days before Hitler was born. And they both looked somewhat alike. But someone once noted that Charlie was born to bring the entire world to laughter, while Hitler was born to bring the world to tears.
Oh yes, and Charlie was an advocate of Esperanto, whereas Hitler had Esperanto banned and all Esperanto books burned. Ever see Chaplin's *The Great Dictator*? There's a scene where Charlie 's character of the little barber is running through the ghetto, and if you look closely, you'll see that all the shop signs are written in Esperanto! Charlie KNEW that Hitler would somehow obtain a print of that film to watch it, and he threw that in just to further infuriate der Fuhrer and give him an extra little kick in the pants. ;)
-- Nanaea
One of the weirdest things was that Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16th, 1889, just days before Hitler was born. And they both looked somewhat alike. But someone once noted that Charlie was born to bring the entire world to laughter, while Hitler was born to bring the world to tears.
Oh yes, and Charlie was an advocate of Esperanto, whereas Hitler had Esperanto banned and all Esperanto books burned. Ever see Chaplin's *The Great Dictator*? There's a scene where Charlie 's character of the little barber is running through the ghetto, and if you look closely, you'll see that all the shop signs are written in Esperanto! Charlie KNEW that Hitler would somehow obtain a print of that film to watch it, and he threw that in just to further infuriate der Fuhrer and give him an extra little kick in the pants. ;)
-- Nanaea
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Wow, I had never noticed the Esperanto bit :) Ive seen the moveie ages ago, and will never forget the scene where Chaplin gracefully kicked an earth-shaped baloon around.
Latest addition to PriaposLovs's "To do agenda" : Find a CD with soundtrack music from Chaplin movies.
Latest addition to PriaposLovs's "To do agenda" : Find a CD with soundtrack music from Chaplin movies.
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Perhaps
Perhaps they gave her a name transcribed from hebrew without being able to understand hebrew themselves?
I mean many give names which they think sound nice or which some friend of them has, without exactly knowing what it means.
Perhaps they gave her a name transcribed from hebrew without being able to understand hebrew themselves?
I mean many give names which they think sound nice or which some friend of them has, without exactly knowing what it means.
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Selwyn
I am assuming that the girl's parents are Jewish, and, if that is so, they would be at least familiar with Hebrew (unless they emmigrated from the former Soviet Union where the Jewish population was pretty much prohibited from openly learning Hebrew). In Israel , it is considered a "mitzvot" (a righteous deed) for Jewish people to study Hebrew.
To learn more about Judaism, try http://www.jewfaq.org or http://www.ou.org (jewfaq.org first). I learned a lot through those websites, and I was raised Jewish.
Phyllis
I am assuming that the girl's parents are Jewish, and, if that is so, they would be at least familiar with Hebrew (unless they emmigrated from the former Soviet Union where the Jewish population was pretty much prohibited from openly learning Hebrew). In Israel , it is considered a "mitzvot" (a righteous deed) for Jewish people to study Hebrew.
To learn more about Judaism, try http://www.jewfaq.org or http://www.ou.org (jewfaq.org first). I learned a lot through those websites, and I was raised Jewish.
Phyllis
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