multilingual eggcorns
James Landau
jjjrlandau at EARTHLINK.NET
Thu Mar 9 23:21:34 UTC 2006
Moment magazine (ISSN 0099-0280, 3000 Connecticut Ave NW, suite 300,
Washington DC 20008) has in each issue a collection of Judaica eggcorns,
miscues, etc. The funniest ones, of course, require knowledge of Hebrew
and/or Judaism.
Two examples
The Torah portion which is "Yithrow" will be changed by Joshua Lock
To celebrate [Congregation] Adat Reyim's Purim, a festival when the Scroll
of Easter is read...
- Jim Landau
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