Is that Corey Haim's band?
Is that Corey Haim's band?
Yeah, they're trying a new slant on the 'death is a lucrative career move' idea, where the band leader died before the band got together and became famous, but they carry on with the original band name.Originally Posted by JKL2000
I'm sure there will be countless comebacks and jokes/riddles now from him.
The one bad thing about the 'ignore' function is that it doesn't work when someone else quotes that person
The Band Haim is pronounced Hi-Imm and not Hame. Their father is an Israeli musician and the name comes from the phrase "L'Chaim".
The preceding has been lesson 1 in Semitic culture.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
As Elvis wrote, My Haim is true...
Dave Sr.
I prefer Nature to Human Nature
But not "Hchchchcai-imm".
That would, of course, be de rigeur, John.
Why is it that Gentiles have such a problem with words like L'Chaim or Chutzpah. If you're gonna use 'em, at least practice by clearing your throat.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
They're not bad at all and I appreciate that in this day and age, they play musical instruments and seem to be influenced by some "before their time" music (I liked that Michael Jackson-ish groove on "Forever"), but it's nothing I'd want to buy and listen to.
ALL modern pop music is, at least the stuff that gets any airplay.
Gruno, I have that money I owe you!
So take him off your ignore list. Are you telling me that someone on PE can make you so upset that you just cannot read a single word he ever writes... ever?
The one bad thing about the 'ignore' function is that it doesn't work when someone else quotes that person
Are you even seeing this?
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
It doesn't upset me. It is an irritant. Big difference. Conversation flows here and sometimes it gets stagnant. Joking within threads is also not a problem. The irritation (for me) is when the jokester doesn't stop. It becomes joke after joke after joke in so many threads. It pollutes the discussion. Check the 'Def Leppard' thread to see a prime example of him using tasteless "arm" jokes aimed at the drummer… who has one arm.Look how pathetic he tries for a cheap thrill/laugh:
http://www.progressiveears.org/forum...28-Def-Leppard
The mods seem to have no problem with his form of humor, so I chose to use the ignore feature. It's what the ignore feature is made for, so I used it this one time. Yes, it means I won't "read a single word he ever writes… ever", and I am okay with that. With that, let's move it to PM or let's drop it from this thread as to not derail it further or to give him the attention he seems to need.
Did someone say something?Are you even seeing this?
Don't worry, Yves - I'm glad Gruno has me on ignore. He's an imbecile.
Because that sound doesn't exist in English. And in fact, there isn't even a way to spell it (other than "Hchchchc" or something similar) if you only use the commonly understood English sounds for letters. "Ch" is used as a stand-in, but it actually denotes the sound that begins "chew" or "chair", and not the one that begins "chutzpah". I suppose you could use "hch" and have "hchutzpah", but nobody does it, and it'd only confuse people.
Perhaps it's a matter of region: Yiddish loan-words would probably be commonest in areas with a large Jewish population, and Gentiles living there would have heard them and know how to pronounce them. But in parts of the country with few Jews, those words wouldn't have made their way into the local English vernacular, and since nobody would use them it wouldn't matter that no one knew how to pronounce them.
I'll bet you can find people using Yiddish words like "glitch" and "klutz" almost all across the country.
You're right. But neither of those words have the "hchchc" sound. All their sounds can also be found in English, and I wouldn't be surprised if that had something to do with their wide currency. Also, at least to me, they aren't obviously Yiddish. "Putz" and "schmuck" are (to me), but maybe only because I know they are, and maybe because of the "tz" and "sch" sounds.
And then say them before you spit.Why is it that Gentiles have such a problem with words like L'Chaim or Chutzpah. If you're gonna use 'em, at least practice by clearing your throat
All this thread is doing is making me yearn for a nice plate of Stuffed Derma.
Oi vey. Such a schmengle.
"We don' need no stinking Kischka"
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
As a Scotsman I have no problem at all pronouncing l"Chaim (which is Hebrew not Yiddish btw) and Chutzpah. And stuffed derma is nuthin' but kosher haggis.
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