[HANASHIR:3920] Re: lechi pronunciation

[Judah Cohen <jcohen...>]

Depending on pronunciation, "lechi" may refer to your tuchas in different
ways:  "leCHI" means "go!"  "LEchi"  means cheek.  Different spellings
in Hebrew, but since the distinction in "ch" sounds is generally ignored
in Israeli society, and more or less unknown in American society, the
issue arises with some ease.

Judah.  (Now studying the HUC first year programin Israel).

On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 Ooweh (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> well, i ain't no expert, but i do recall being told "lechi" by an old israeli 
> boyfriend, kind of a hippie & slang speakin' type dude. the thing is, in my 
> aural (isn't it great how aural sounds like oral, you know, the mouth and ear 
> connection thing) memory i can hear him saying it sometimes with the accent 
> on the first syllable, and sometimes with the accent on the second syllable. 
> the difference seemed to be connected to the urgency with which he wanted me 
> to move my tuchus.
> 
> 

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