tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post5771624262258187308..comments2008-10-13T07:13:10.342-07:00Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15855325002260654089miss_mudpie@yahoo.co.ukBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-3137537000271146962008-10-13T07:13:00.000-07:002008-10-13T07:13:00.000-07:002008-10-13T07:13:00.000-07:00That's hysterical! You're knackered bexause of Yom Kippur! What a wit. Did they laff or maybe they didn't realize that you'd used slang just for them? <BR/><BR/>I didn't wish you a 'happy' Yom Kippur because, as with every year, I never know what to say. You tell me every year then I forget by the next time, sorry. <BR/><BR/>did you have a fun Rosh Hashana though?Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-79530735727973952992008-10-13T06:40:00.000-07:002008-10-13T06:40:00.000-07:002008-10-13T06:40:00.000-07:00Tragically I did not get to use my hip slang on the British Maccabi delegation. Thousands of teens were here, and the place was crazy.<BR/>I did meet the head of the British group, but it wasn't exactly the moment to say, "Nice day, what." He asked me to take him to the administrative offices as a child was having an asthma attack.<BR/>Meanwhile, though, you Brits should be proud. We had kids from all over the world. A colleague of mine, who worked extensively with all the teens, said, "The delegation from England was BY FAR the most polite and best behaved."<BR/>But don't think I've given up on my slang. For our Book Fair, I just e-interviewed two Londoners, authors of a new kosher cookbook. I was a bit late with something, so told them that I was pretty knackered because of all the Jewish holidays. They're extremely nice so I'm sure they'll respond with an amused laugh even if they are thinking, and rightly so, "Americans. Could they be any worse?"Elizabeth in Michigannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-15573938844240258642008-10-10T11:51:00.000-07:002008-10-10T11:51:00.000-07:002008-10-10T11:51:00.000-07:00So can you say this as a complete sentence then? Easy Blud<BR/>Watagwan ??<BR/><BR/>Sam, this sounds like Martian, not English. Are you sure you aren't making it up?Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-12529915579860905562008-10-10T04:33:00.000-07:002008-10-10T04:33:00.000-07:002008-10-10T04:33:00.000-07:00Easy = Hello<BR/>Blud = Friend<BR/>Watagwan = Hows it going?<BR/>Off tha hook! = Wow!Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-88759080644207294722008-10-09T03:40:00.000-07:002008-10-09T03:40:00.000-07:002008-10-09T03:40:00.000-07:00Definitely archaic.<BR/><BR/>Not even used by my grandparents' generation, innit.melnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-28929230022807657072008-10-08T11:12:00.000-07:002008-10-08T11:12:00.000-07:002008-10-08T11:12:00.000-07:00It sounds like Dr Watson talking to Sherlock Holmes, doesn't it?Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-35536542685905977672008-10-08T05:38:00.000-07:002008-10-08T05:38:00.000-07:002008-10-08T05:38:00.000-07:00I like the use of "what" to elicit further comment, as in, "Nice day, what".<BR/><BR/>Probably archaic, what.Mike2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17526460899821536604noreply@blogger.com