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lazarus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 03:51 AM
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What's popcorn in Aramaic? (Passion humour)
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1159068,00.html

"Its alleged anti-semitism isn't the only problem with Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. There's also the small matter of it being in Aramaic. To help enrich your enjoyment, here is a handy glossary of useful terms."

A choice selection:

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

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.

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

And my absolute favourite:

Ayleyn enuun Oorqey?
Which ones are the Orcs?


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I AM SPARTACUS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 04:04 AM
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1. in Aramaic, "popcorn" is pronounced "pah-shun"...
but I don't have the correct character set so I can't type it for you...
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WildClarySage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 06:40 AM
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4. So what happened to that whole
graven images thing?
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 04:05 AM
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2. Do not post that on Free Republic as...
It looks like this movie is getting to be as Holy as the Bible and it is pretty funny. For someone who used to get up before dawn on Easter this is all getting to be to much.I recall our Church once showing a movie and it was about this mans teaching.I guess the last book in the Bible is just not to my liking. I just never have looked at my religion and JC as a man of death and blood and all that. The Dark Side of this is just not for me.
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truthspeaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 04:23 AM
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3. Of course you realize
Edited on Tue Mar-02-04 04:24 AM by truthspeaker
that by starting a thread making fun of a movie about Jesus, you are in fact "mocking Christianity".

No matter the artistic merits of "The Passion", because of it's subject matter it should not be criticized because it might hurt someone's feelings.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 06:47 AM
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5. As a Christian, I laughed my ass off at those comments
I'm going to memorize that cellphone one

:D
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lazarus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 07:47 AM
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6. apparently
I duped this. The older thread just got kicked from yesterday, so I'll go ahead and lock this one.
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