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Hobbes
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posted October 26, 2003 12:07 AM
linky . Kristine or Kathryn must have written this. It was both very cool, and hilarious! I can't wait to see OSC talking person now! Hobbes
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Marek
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posted October 26, 2003 01:02 AM
quote: OSC still has no idea what the Hebrew letters say, but they assured him that it was really funny. I have no idea what they say either, but I was thinking there should be someone on hatrack who knows
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rivka
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posted October 26, 2003 01:04 AM
I know. And it's really not all that funny.
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Hobbes
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posted October 26, 2003 01:43 AM
Not telling us is just mean Rivka. Just like if I didn't tell you you had a big spider on your head, that would be mean. Hobbes
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rivka
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posted October 26, 2003 01:46 AM
I was waiting for someone to ask nicely. Or just figure it out, since the Hebrew, with its English equivalent, shows up in an earlier pic. C'mon, what do you expect the podium in a hotel ballroom to say?
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Hobbes
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posted October 26, 2003 01:50 AM
Ohh, I guess then it isn't that funny. Thanks Rivka! Hobbes
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rivka
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posted October 26, 2003 01:56 AM
See, the funny Hebrew is in the pic with the book covers. I still haven't figured out what 'KiSeNoSa"D' means. And while "tzel" means shadow, it took me awhile to decode "hegemon" in Hebrew.
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rivka
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posted October 26, 2003 01:44 AM
Of course, that's not as funny as posting after, before. Or is that before, after?
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Morbo
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posted October 26, 2003 01:46 AM
Whoa--Eastern Standard Time is giving me a rush!
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sarcasticmuppet
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posted October 26, 2003 10:08 AM
I didn't know OSC wrote the insults for Monkey Island... that just proves...OSC is the coolest. And I still don't know what the podium says. Is it taken from the book titles?
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ana kata
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posted October 26, 2003 12:20 PM
Is it "Cinemateque Tel Aviv" ? Is Hebrew read from right to left like Arabic? [ October 26, 2003, 12:21 PM: Message edited by: ana kata ]
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GradStudent
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posted October 26, 2003 12:25 PM
It says "Tel Aviv Cinematheque" (technically "Cinematheque Tel Aviv") I have no idea how that is even vaugely funny.
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rivka
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posted October 26, 2003 01:32 PM
Yes, ak, Hebrew is read right to left. I dunno, GS, it got people here all worked up -- that's kinda funny.
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GradStudent
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posted October 26, 2003 10:10 PM
Yeah, I think it's funny that they told him it was funny. I think that 'KiSeNoSa"D' is Xenocide. That took me a while too.
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rivka
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posted October 26, 2003 10:14 PM
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Of course. Thanks, GS, that was bugging me!
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sarcasticmuppet
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posted October 26, 2003 11:10 PM
not only is it read left to right, but also bottom to top. so a paragraph looks upside-down in it's alignment.
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rivka
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posted October 26, 2003 11:29 PM
*blinks* Hebrew is not read bottom-to-top, muppet.
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