Comments on: Israeli Pet Peeve #476: The Hebrew Contest. http://lizraelupdate.com/2007/05/15/israeli-pet-peeve-476-the-hebrew-contest/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:36:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Katherine http://lizraelupdate.com/2007/05/15/israeli-pet-peeve-476-the-hebrew-contest/#comment-192 Katherine Tue, 22 May 2007 11:29:21 +0000 http://lizraelupdate.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/israeli-pet-peeve-476-the-hebrew-contest/#comment-192 Oh I could not agree with you more about this. it is put on a lot of the time, although I do agree often I can't find the english word any more. but I don't on purpose put hebrew words into my english - that is dumb! Oh I could not agree with you more about this. it is put on a lot of the time, although I do agree often I can’t find the english word any more. but I don’t on purpose put hebrew words into my english - that is dumb!

]]> By: eliesheva http://lizraelupdate.com/2007/05/15/israeli-pet-peeve-476-the-hebrew-contest/#comment-191 eliesheva Mon, 21 May 2007 12:23:54 +0000 http://lizraelupdate.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/israeli-pet-peeve-476-the-hebrew-contest/#comment-191 I hear it so often as being put-on. It drives me nuts, like silverware against a metal pot. <br/><br/>Sometimes I do it too and then it's like nails on a chalkboard. I hear it so often as being put-on. It drives me nuts, like silverware against a metal pot.

Sometimes I do it too and then it’s like nails on a chalkboard.

]]> By: ilan http://lizraelupdate.com/2007/05/15/israeli-pet-peeve-476-the-hebrew-contest/#comment-190 ilan Mon, 21 May 2007 10:21:57 +0000 http://lizraelupdate.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/israeli-pet-peeve-476-the-hebrew-contest/#comment-190 But what if mixing languages <i>is</i> going with the flow, feels natural, and gets your meaning across just fine? I always thought that the quirky Hebrew-spiced English spoken by Anglo olim was cute, when it's not an affectation. But what if mixing languages is going with the flow, feels natural, and gets your meaning across just fine? I always thought that the quirky Hebrew-spiced English spoken by Anglo olim was cute, when it’s not an affectation.

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