[HANASHIR:8750] Re: Ivrit...Ivrit Daber Ivrit!

[Josh Miller <jmiller...>]

Judy,

I do know what you are talking about with "Ivrit...Ivrit Daber Ivrit", or 
at least a variation on it:

For many summers at UAHC Camp Swig the Israeli Scouts (aka Tzofim) who used 
to join us at camp all summer would do a daily shtick for the kids where 
they would act out a silly scene that would always end in some funny moment 
and an English pun using a Hebrew word, followed by the "Ivrit, Ivrit, 
Ivrit Daber Ivrit...Whooo!" jingle. As I remember it, the only part they 
actually sang was the jingle at the end...

I am sure that I once even saw a vocabulary list of Hebrew words that 
sounded like English words or phrases that could be used in the "Ivrit 
Daber Ivrit" schticks, but a quick internet search this evening yielded no 
results...

Here are the three that I remember:

The shopping for real-estate scene: "That's a real nice HOUSE, I think I'd 
like to BAYIT!"
The family takes a trip to the zoo scene: "WHY is there a LLAMA up your nose?"
The accidental stabbing at the dinner table scene: "Oh no, there is a FORK 
in MAZLEG (Ma's Leg)!"

Seems like it wouldn't be hard to make up a few more...

Hope this helps a little!

- Josh Miller
   jmiller (at) songleaders(dot)org

At 12:00 AM 4/4/01, you wrote:
>Has anyone ever heard of a song called "Ivrit...Ivrit Daber Ivrit."?  In
>order to learn Hebrew the song places hebrew words in english situations
>where they will be
>remembered better.  For example,"that's a nice house...i think i'll bayit!"
>If you have ever heard of this song and can tell me where to find it, I
>would appreciate it.
>
>Judy :)

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