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nuqotw

Rapunzel

Apr 02, 2006 23:13

Once upon a time there was a poor farmer and his wife who lived in a little hut at the edge of the shtetl. Despite their poverty, they lived happy lives, except that they were childless. However, the farmer davened and davened and one day they found that they would soon have a daughter ( Read more... )

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shirei_shibolim April 3 2006, 04:37:18 UTC

The linguistic analysis at the end leads me to this question: Why is it talmid hakham (`Ivrit Mizrahit) and then lo signov (Ivris Ashkenazis)?

nuqotw April 3 2006, 10:27:09 UTC

Because I screwed up. I think it's consistent now, but let me know if you catch anything. I like using Ivris Ashkenazis in these tales because it just seems more Yeshivish. I'm trying to poke fun at the extreme interpretations of certain ideas (let me know if I've succeeded or if I just come across as nuts :)) that seem to crop up every so often in the Yeshivish world.

In the notes, I prefer `Ivrit Mizrahit since it more closely reflects what I would say if I were learning, say, Eruvin.

That said, I'm not entirely happy with the transliteration scheme. Accuracy in transliteration and actually readability thereof are frequently conflicting goals...

dasheiff April 3 2006, 05:33:37 UTC

I like having the hebrew in there, I only had to look up two words (which you have convinely below) and it's nice to maintian my jewish dialect.

sovay April 3 2006, 06:07:21 UTC

I keep wanting these to be illustrated by the nineteenth-century Jewish equivalent of Edward Gorey . . .

nuqotw April 5 2006, 05:08:29 UTC

Gee, that would be quite an honor.

I should take a shot at the Biblical GashlyCrumb parody. But not tonight.

sovay April 5 2006, 05:13:56 UTC

I should take a shot at the Biblical GashlyCrumb parody. But not tonight.

Maybe not-but when you do, I want to read it.

rymenhild April 3 2006, 15:18:33 UTC

I love it!

thevortex April 3 2006, 15:56:53 UTC

Me, too.

The Vortex

nuqotw April 6 2006, 00:49:37 UTC

Speaking of GashlyCrumb, you have a GashlyCrumb pic. Where did you get it?

rymenhild April 6 2006, 02:55:01 UTC

I made it, along with a bunch of others. Want one?

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nuqotw April 5 2006, 09:49:41 UTC

Of course she was better off! She had more time to learn. :)

mysticengineer April 5 2006, 13:11:21 UTC

On behalf of Ashkenazis-speaking people everywhere, I hope "bisul torah" is a deliberate joke.

Amen, sister! margavriel April 5 2006, 17:29:16 UTC

I meant to point this out myself, but didn't get around to it.

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