Comments on Israeli by Day, American by Night: Israeli Use of English Expressions (Part 2)

I wonder if anybody noticed the fact that the word...

2009-03-31T18:00:00.000+03:00

I wonder if anybody noticed the fact that the word "ATM" was somehow injected into the proverbial Hebrew "blah-blah-blah" you used. :->

I'm glad to see there's more Israeli (or native Hebrew) bloggers who blog in English.

Cheers,
Freidenker.

The phenomenon that you are highlighting is called...

2008-08-26T05:33:00.000+03:00

The phenomenon that you are highlighting is called by linguists as "code mixing" i.e. the use of two or more languages in one sentence. It is actually quite common, especially among bi- and multi-linguals.
My aunt's father spoke some 5 languages and would often use all five in one sentence!

I wanted to take pictures of terrible english tran...

2008-08-23T21:13:00.000+03:00

I wanted to take pictures of terrible english translations from Arabic that I saw in the Old City the other day... you know, even up the criticism!

hi danny ,shabbat shalom..so listen I discovered y...

2008-08-23T00:16:00.000+03:00

hi danny ,shabbat shalom..so listen I discovered your blog a few days ago and I have just been enjoying it sooo much!! Especially that post about the Jazz Flutist!!! and those HILARIOUS badly translated signs!!! I seriously rolled off my chair laughing....I must be ever vigilant now for more signs especially as i live in Nazareth!!!

My 16yo daughter was here this past year. By the t...

2008-08-17T16:34:00.000+03:00

My 16yo daughter was here this past year. By the time she was here 3 months she was using a few Hebrew words in her speech no matter what language she was speaking. (We usually speak Spanish at home. We're Californianas.) By the time she was here for 6 months there were just certain phrases that were always in Hebrew. So it started with "sababa" and "beseder" popping up in English and Spanish and moved on to "Ma nishma? Que bien. I'm good, too." or "Es col cach cham today, I think I'm gonna DIE!!"

Oy v'avoy!

2008-08-17T01:17:00.001+03:00

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I guess I really just get a kick out of any expres...

2008-08-17T01:17:00.000+03:00

I guess I really just get a kick out of any expression using crude words for body parts. I think it's the age.

I'd love to write more but yesh li peepee. That on...

2008-08-17T00:30:00.000+03:00

I'd love to write more but yesh li peepee. That one takes the cake.

B"H

I hate it when English is used in Hebre...

2008-08-16T23:51:00.000+03:00

B"H

I hate it when English is used in Hebrew. I think it's for purposes of showing off, and being "cool."

On the leftist radio, it's a sign of the elitist "maskilim," saying something like:

"I speak the language of Edom in which I believe Israel needs to assimilate. Can you?"

The other expression to look for is "Stop breaking my 'certain male body part.'"

It means, you're really aggravating me.