Jewish English: Hebonics

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http://pages.prodigy.com/VT/  look for the most updated link there...


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If you have already read this, I suggest you PRINT IT this time and 
delete it. If you HAVEN'T READ IT YET. Make a copy and post it on 
some other mailing list. Read on... Wyane.

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>>Jewish English or "Hebonics"
>>
>>The Encino School Board has declared Jewish English a second 
language.
>>Backers of the move say the district is the first in the nation to
>>recognize Hebonics as the language of many of American Jews.  Here 
are
>>some descriptions of the characteristics of the language, and 
samples
>>of phrases in standard English and Jewish English.
>>
>>Samples of Pronunciation Characteristics
>>
>>Jewish English or "Hebonics" hardens consonants at the ends of 
words.
>>
>>Thus, "hand" becomes "handt."
>>
>>The letter "W" is always pronounced as if it were a "V".  Thus
>>"walking" becomes "valking"
>>
>>"R" sounds are transformed to a guttural utterance that is 
virtually
>>impossible to spell in English.  It is "ghraining", "algheady"
>>
>>
>>Samples of Idiomatic Characteristics:
>>
>>Questions are always answered with questions:
>>   Question: "How do you feel?"
>>   Hebonics response: "How should I feel?"
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>>The subject is often placed at the end of a sentence after a 
pronoun
>>has been used at the beginning:  "She dances beautifully, that girl.
"
>>
>>The sarcastic repetition of words by adding "sh" to the front is 
used
>>for emphasis.
>>
>>  mountains becomes "shmountains"
>>  turtle becomes "shmurtle"
>>
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>>Sample Usage Comparisons:
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>> Standard English Phrase             Hebonics Phrase
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>> "He walks slow"        -      "Like a fly in the ointment he 
walks"
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>> "You're sexy"          -      (unknown concept)
>>
>>"Sorry, I do not know   -      "What do I look like, a clock?"
>> the time"
>>
>> "I hope things turn    -      "You should BE so lucky"
>> out for the best"
>>
>>"Anything can happen"    -     "It is never so bad, it can't get 
worse"


Interesting?
Sorry, I wasn't the one who wrote this.. It's just interesting to me.

Nathan

See my extensive research on Sovonics also.

(look up article titled "Sovonics is equallanguage...", posted to
soc.culture.russian.moderated).

igor

NATHAN MALLAMACE wrote:
> 
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> 
> http://pages.prodigy.com/VT/  look for the most updated link there...
> 
> 
> -------
> 
> If you have already read this, I suggest you PRINT IT this time and 
> delete it. If you HAVEN'T READ IT YET. Make a copy and post it on 
> some other mailing list. Read on... Wyane.
> 
> -
> 
> >>Jewish English or "Hebonics"
> >>
> >>The Encino School Board has declared Jewish English a second 
> language.
> >>Backers of the move say the district is the first in the nation to
> >>recognize Hebonics as the language of many of American Jews.  Here 
> are
> >>some descriptions of the characteristics of the language, and 
> samples
> >>of phrases in standard English and Jewish English.
> >>
> >>Samples of Pronunciation Characteristics
> >>
> >>Jewish English or "Hebonics" hardens consonants at the ends of 
> words.
> >>
> >>Thus, "hand" becomes "handt."
> >>
> >>The letter "W" is always pronounced as if it were a "V".  Thus
> >>"walking" becomes "valking"
> >>
> >>"R" sounds are transformed to a guttural utterance that is 
> virtually
> >>impossible to spell in English.  It is "ghraining", "algheady"
> >>
> >>
> >>Samples of Idiomatic Characteristics:
> >>
> >>Questions are always answered with questions:
> >>   Question: "How do you feel?"
> >>   Hebonics response: "How should I feel?"
> >>
> >>The subject is often placed at the end of a sentence after a 
> pronoun
> >>has been used at the beginning:  "She dances beautifully, that girl.
> "
> >>
> >>The sarcastic repetition of words by adding "sh" to the front is 
> used
> >>for emphasis.
> >>
> >>  mountains becomes "shmountains"
> >>  turtle becomes "shmurtle"
> >>
> >>
> >>Sample Usage Comparisons:
> >>
> >> Standard English Phrase             Hebonics Phrase
> >>
> >> "He walks slow"        -      "Like a fly in the ointment he 
> walks"
> >>
> >> "You're sexy"          -      (unknown concept)
> >>
> >>"Sorry, I do not know   -      "What do I look like, a clock?"
> >> the time"
> >>
> >> "I hope things turn    -      "You should BE so lucky"
> >> out for the best"
> >>
> >>"Anything can happen"    -     "It is never so bad, it can't get 
> worse"
> 
> 
> Interesting?
> Sorry, I wasn't the one who wrote this.. It's just interesting to me.
> 
> Nathan
> 



	- Igor.