Sparkly Jews!
Posted in Life in NZ on 01/20/2010 03:34 pm by TamOccasionally, the accent still trips me up. One of the questions in today’s 5 minute quiz featured a song with a gal whose “eyes sparkled like the Jew.”
???
Bemused by mental images of stereotypical JAPs dripping with bling and glittery mascara, I had to ask him to repeat it, like, three times before I figured out the word was “dew”.
This after not that long ago being informed that another co-worker’s favorite book was “June”. You know, by Frank Herbert.
Oy vey.