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T_i_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 07:17 AM
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What's popcorn in Aramaic?
A little guide to useful Aramaic phrases for you.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1159037,00.html

B-kheeruut re'yaaneyh laa kaaley tsuuraathaa khteepaathaa, ellaa Zaynaa Mqatlaanaa Trayaanaa laytaw!
It may be uncompromising in its liberal use of graphic violence, but Lethal Weapon II it ain't.

Da'ek teleyfoon methta'naanaak, pquud. Guudaapaw!
Please turn off your mobile phone. It is blasphemous.

Shbuuq shuukhaaraa deel. Man ethnaggad udamshaa?
Sorry I'm late. Have I missed any scourging?

Aykaa beyt tadkeetha? Zaadeq lee d-asheeg eeday men perdey devshaanaayey haaleyn!
Where is the loo? I need to wash my hands of this popcorn.

Een, Yuudaayaa naa, ellaa b-haw yawmaa laa hweeth ba-mdeetaa.
Yes, I'm Jewish, but I wasn't there that day.

Demketh! Udamaa lemath mtaynan b-tash'eetha d-khashey?
I fell asleep! What station of the cross are we up to?

Ma'hed lee qalleel d-Khayey d-Breeyaan, ellaa dlaa gukhkaa.
It sort of reminds me of Life of Brian, but it's nowhere near as funny.

Ktaabaa taab hwaa meneyh.
It's not as good as the book.
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AmericanErrorist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 08:05 AM
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1. kick
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PDittie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 09:30 AM
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2. ROTFL
and crying and coughing
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everythingsxen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 01:20 PM
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3. Double-plus hilarious
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T_i_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 07:31 AM
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4. Here's some more
Etheeth l-khubeh 'almeenaayaa d-Maaran Yeshu Msheekhaa, ella faasheth metool Moneeqaa Belluushee!
I came for the everlasting love of our Lord Jesus Christ, but I stayed for Monica Bellucci.

D-tetbuun deyn men yameen u-men semaal, la hwaat deel l-metal, ellaa l-ayleyn da-mtaybaa.
To sit at my right or my left is not for me to grant; it is for those to whom it has already been assigned.

Ayleyn enuun Oorqey?
Which ones are the Orcs?

Lebba deel daaleq, ellaa teezaa deel daamek.
My heart is on fire, but my bum is asleep.

Peletaa kuullaah da-Qraabay Kawkbey.
It's all an allegory of Star Wars.
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