A bunch of unconnected good things

[gnomi]

-- We are re-en-fridged. Yay!

-- A good friend sent me a lovely CD right before the last holiday, and I just got a chance to listen to it this morning. It was a wonderful way to start my day.

-- Julie Kramer of WFNX Radio yesterday said that she wasn't going to say anything about the Red Sox so as to "not put a kain ayin harah" (frequently -- and by Julie -- pronounced "konnah-horrah") on the team. I'm vastly amused by DJs who use Yiddish terms effortlessly. ("Kain ayin harah" means "not to tempt the Evil Eye").

-- I have a T-Mos Coffee Caddy that allows me to make one -- count it, one -- cup of fresh-brewed coffee at a time. This pleases me immensely and, simultaneously, allows me to save money on coffee.

Comments

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

In my house it was pronounced "keina-HURrah."

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I transcribed the most common pronunciation I hear (in my house, we said "kunnah-HURrah").

Though I'd sometimes pronounce it "canine Horah" and then go and try to dance with the dog. But I'm odd that way. And, thankfully, the dog was usually amused.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

And, see, that's what I'd call a canine horror. But that's just me. :-)

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

One of the more amusing experiences not long after I moved there was talking to someone from Verizon's customer service. I forget what the subject was but he was responding to something either I or he had said with "Ma nishtana".... I knew I wasn't in the mid-west anymore :).

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Hee! I love it. And, yeah - proof that the population of Jews is higher here than, say, in Indiana.

[dpolicar]

But the DJ got it wrong, no? I mean, to not put a kain ayin harah on the red sox would be to avoid protecting them from the Evil Eye... right?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Eh, yes and no. Some people use that phraseology to mean "I don't want to say something that would make someone else say 'kain ayin harah.'"

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

i always wondered what that meant.... i wonder how many people called in and asked what the hell julie was talking about. (or did she explain it?)

[neilfein.livejournal.com]

Is there, anywhere, a "real" way to pronounce anything in Yiddush? Reading "The Joys of Yiddush", I'm lead to think not, despite the efforts of YIVO.

-- I have a T-Mos Coffee Caddy that allows me to make one -- count it, one -- cup of fresh-brewed coffee at a time.

Why is it that if you make half a pot of coffee, the coffee isn't as good?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Why is it that if you make half a pot of coffee, the coffee isn't as good?

For me, because it wastes coffee. I used to have a serious problem with caffeine addiction (headaches, sleeplessness, etc.), so I cut 99% of the caffeine out of my diet. Now the only caffeine I have regularly is one cup of coffee in the morning, and only on days I'm in the office. So my new coffee toy allows me to have fresh-brewed coffee without having to waste coffee or spend money. :-)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

She mentioned this morning that a number of people around the station were now saying they, too, "didn't want to put a kain ayin harah" on the team, either, but I don't think she ever actually explained what she meant by it. It was kind of clear from context when she first said it, but that's it.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Yay for the new fridge!

And we say "k'nynah hora"...