Re: CHAT: "Mister" (WAS: Re: New Lang: Igassik)

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:50:54 +0200 Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
writes:
>     Things really get interesting when addressing strangers.
> One can rudely grab their attention: /alo/ (= hey!); one can be
-

There's a freshman in my college here in New York whose parents are
Israeli.  He goes around all the time saying "Alo!  Alo!  Alo!" to
everyone he meets, it's quickly becoming one of those set phrases that
almost everyone i know knows, like "soon, soon" and "Five More Minutes".
He also has a habit of slipping into Hebrew whether or not the person
he's talking to knows the language, and calling people "hhamor!"
(donkey).  Whenever he does that to me, i just call him "aton!" (female
donkey), which seems to be a Biblical period word he doesn't know. (it
might still be used today, but he still doesn't know it ;-) )

> polite about
> it:
> /slixa/ (= pardon); and one can address them directly: /adoni/.
> Now the literal translation of "adoni" is "My Lord". (for women:
> /gvirti/ = My Lady ). But the use is something else again! ;-) It
> can mean
> a respectful "sir". It can also mean "hey, you idiot!" as in when
> the
> person ahead of you in line at the bank or post office doesn't
> move when a teller becomes available and you shout in his
> ear "adoni!" and point at the teller. :-)
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I remember many instances of the sarcastic use of "adoni" from my
highschool days.  :-)

Do Israelis ever use "Mar" without a name attached?
In my highschool we had the habit of calling teachers by their titles if
it wasn't the standard "Mr." or "M(r)s."
Examples:
"Mar"*1
"Señora"*2
"Doc"
"Rav"*1/"Rabbi"
"Geveret"*1

(for anyone reading this not familiar with these titles)
*1= Hebrew
*2= Spanish


-Stephen (Steg)
 "salaam / `aleinu ve`al kol ha`olam / salaam, salaam..."


> Dan Sulani
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> likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a.
>
> A word is an awesome thing.