Steg Belsky scripsit:
> I knew someone in highschool whose Hebrew name is Efrayim, but his
> English name is Zack! (which of course comes from a completely different
> Hebrew name, Zekharya)
Or sometimes Yitzhak. (One of the best ways to piss off the late
Isaac Asimov was to call him "Ike" or "Zack".)
> Except for the
> city of Abu Dhabi, which i personally find a very funny-sounding name
> with the emphatic /D/ and pharyngealized-backed /a/.
But it made for a great line in a Tom Paxton song:
"I thought of asking for a job in Abu Dhabi when you sprung the big surprise."
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