They should also have taught him “prick”

Posted by froylein on 1/7/2008 in Jewlicious · 11 Comments

Little boy leaving temple: Schmuck, schmuck, schmuck!
Mother: Kyle!
Little boy: What? It’s a new word I learned in Jew school today!
Mother: Hebrew school!
Little boy, in a whisper: Schmuck…

–87th & Madison

P.S.: The German word “Schmuck” means “jewellery”. I’ll leave that uncommented.

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dave

1/7/2008

It gets even better. There is a German ME correspondent whose name is ‘Putz’. And her articles proove that her name can’t be just a coincidence:
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froylein

1/7/2008

Spiegel’s ME reporting is biased to say the least. There’s a word “putzen” in German though which means “clean” and “putzig” as in “adorable”.

Shy Guy

1/7/2008

And somewhere in Israel’s National Insurance Institute, there’s a clerk named Rivka Luzer.

I kid you not.

steve

1/7/2008

i think i can one up that.

as i drove by a Jewish book store in atlanta, i noticed a big sign advertising “Randy Beavers.”

imagine my disappointment when i realized it was actually the name of a state farm insurance agent.

i know you believe me but just so you know i’m not making it up, click on this page and scroll down:
calculateme.co...

Ben-David

1/8/2008

Schmuck has made it into Israeli slang as a direct translation of the original German – calling someone a “tachshit” is roughly the same as schmuck or prick.

froylein

1/8/2008

Shy Guy, what does she pronounce her name like? There’s a Middle English word “lazer”, which refers to a person suffering from leprosy.

Shy Guy

1/8/2008

She pronounces it “Loser”. In Hebrew: לוזר

Last night Israel’s CH1 showed a 2005 Law & Order episode where the main criminal’s name was Johnny Zona.

Shy Guy

1/9/2008

Now here’s an appropriate news item.

froylein

1/9/2008

For some reason I’m not surprised he’s Texan…

yaaziel

1/10/2008

I knew Jewschool was good for something…

froylein

1/10/2008

It’s ok, I won’t take it personally.

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