Belly-ache and the "Hebrew" invocation.............

Posted by Operator Jake from cache1.gordon.army.mil (147.51.18.10) on Sunday, August 04, 2002 at 11:46am :

Wanted to post this newsflash a few days ago, but the old memory just isn't what it used to be (I attribute this to getting hit on the head repeatedly--I can't seem to spell words without doubting myself as well as I used to either, not to mention other little annoyances......)
At any rate, Jake took a most welcome time-out a few nights ago in the company of a few servicewomen, and a freshly purchased "Raiders" in the VCR.
One of them enjoys watching the tube with closed-captions, and I often find that it helps me to make sense of dialouge I might not have heard right in the past (case in point, Indy telling Dan Ackroyd in "Temple" just before taunting Lao "Owe ya a gin!" For years, I thought he was saying,"Oh, ya did!" as in, "Great job, Al!")
So, in the wee hours of the morning, we reach the climax, and Belly-ache begins the ceremony to open the Ark. The subtitles told us what we were hearing was (PRAYER IN HERBEW).
One of my sisters in arms grabbed the remote and backed that up. Then she did it again. She played that three times back to back. Then it dawned on me that she is a fluent Hebrew linguist; both modern and with enough classical (Biblical) to know what she's talking about.
Point is, whatever Belly-ache was babbling about, it wasn't Hebrew of any sort according to her, and that's good enough for me.
Just wanted to help her enlighten the masses, and I could start by sharing this with a group who might actually care.
Let's be careful out there.

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It's even funnier watching Indy speaking "Hindi" . . . - Deckard 9:53am 08/14/2002

Interesting - Michaelson 12:40pm 08/05/2002

Adam Sandler doesn't mention George in his Hanukah song - Forrestal 2:50pm 08/06/2002

"...one quarter Jewish!" - Fall Guy 9:09pm 08/06/2002

Lucas is Jewish? - Brett Maverick Lambert 5:57pm 08/05/2002

Sorry, I meant... - Michaelson 2:20pm 08/06/2002

Lucas is a Latin name. - Fall Guy 9:32pm 08/05/2002

Serious? - Brett Maverick Lambert 3:20am 08/06/2002

Seriously! - Fall Guy 9:59am 08/06/2002

Hmmmm... - Brett Maverick Lambert 1:31pm 08/06/2002

Something like that. - Fall Guy 9:07pm 08/06/2002

Oh, what can you expect from those silly Frenchies? - Brett Maverick Lambert 4:13am 08/05/2002

That explains why he blew up! - graml 1:19pm 08/04/2002

I thought it was the firewater. - Fall Guy 1:14am 08/05/2002

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: Wanted to post this newsflash a few days ago, but the old memory just isn't what it used to be (I attribute this to getting hit on the head repeatedly--I can't seem to spell words without doubting myself as well as I used to either, not to mention other little annoyances......) : At any rate, Jake took a most welcome time-out a few nights ago in the company of a few servicewomen, and a freshly purchased "Raiders" in the VCR. : One of them enjoys watching the tube with closed-captions, and I often find that it helps me to make sense of dialouge I might not have heard right in the past (case in point, Indy telling Dan Ackroyd in "Temple" just before taunting Lao "Owe ya a gin!" For years, I thought he was saying,"Oh, ya did!" as in, "Great job, Al!") : So, in the wee hours of the morning, we reach the climax, and Belly-ache begins the ceremony to open the Ark. The subtitles told us what we were hearing was (PRAYER IN HERBEW). : One of my sisters in arms grabbed the remote and backed that up. Then she did it again. She played that three times back to back. Then it dawned on me that she is a fluent Hebrew linguist; both modern and with enough classical (Biblical) to know what she's talking about. : Point is, whatever Belly-ache was babbling about, it wasn't Hebrew of any sort according to her, and that's good enough for me. : Just wanted to help her enlighten the masses, and I could start by sharing this with a group who might actually care. : Let's be careful out there.

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