I had the pleasure of meeting Arash Hazeghi on the Hooptie Deux on Saturday past. Arash and I have peacefully disagreed on many things in various Avian posts :) I had always assumed that his name was pronounced A-rash (with two short "a"s) hah-ZEG-ee and that he was an Arab. As it turns out, the preferred pronunciation of his name is UH-rahsh HAH-zuh-GYE (with a long "i") And that he is, like me, a Jew. So much for assumptions.
When I heard him say his name, I mentioned that it rhymed pretty closely with the Yiddish word, chazzerai (KHA-zuh-rye). He had never heard the word. Here it is from a neat Yiddish words site online (http://www.hebrew4christians.net/Glo...h_words.html): Junk food. Trash; drek; a mess. "Put it out to the curb with the other chazzerai." Live and learn.
In any case I enjoyed meeting him and look forward to meeting many more of you in similar circumstances. :)







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