Transl. & English-speaking prisoners

[Natalia Pylypiuk]

Dear Genevra, Kevin and Tim,

All your comments are very helpful.  Thank you!

-- Concerning parasha: the equivalent used by English-speaking  
prisoners works best 
for the sonnet in question.

-- Concerning  *shmon* / *shmonaie*:  I wonder whether English- 
speaking prisoners
would say *frisk* - *the sargent  frisks* when referring to a rather  
brutal
search of the person?


Regards,
Natalia



> [...]  Some "hunch and google" work on the Internet
> indicates
> that "shit bucket" is the equivalent of "parasha" for English-speaking
> prisoners; the duty of cleaning them is "slopping out" ("slop out the
> shit
> bucket"). I don't understand the form "shmonaie."
>
>     Yours,
>
>     Tim
>

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