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To: randog

I wonder how many people realize that "Shrek" is the Yiddish word for "Fright"?


5 posted on 07/12/2004 8:16:44 AM PDT by Alouette ("Your children like olive trees seated round your table." -- Psalm 128:3)
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To: Alouette

I did not know that, but I did know that 'Rachel Corrie' is Yiddish for 'pancake'. ;^)


7 posted on 07/12/2004 8:22:22 AM PDT by randog (Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
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To: Alouette
"Schreck" is the German name for fright as well, and most people know this from the film Nosferatu
14 posted on 07/12/2004 8:49:03 AM PDT by RightWingAtheist (Ni Jesus, Ni Marx..OUI REAGAN!)
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