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Old 12-07-2004, 07:29 PM   #63
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quote:Originally posted by Sundreme:
The skull cap worn by observant Jewish men is called a "Kippah"(pronounced KEE-PAH.) in Hebrew.
The Yiddish word for it is "Yarmulke"(pronounced Yahmakkah)



A KEE-PAH, huh? Wow. Here in Northern Maine, that's what we call trout that are big enough to keep. "Eh-yup. That's a keepah."

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