OK, MOMZA (spell it any number of ways) is a Yiddish
version of "momzer" - literally a "bastard."
What was funning about this situation was that we
actually got to meet the nice mid-America couple who
drove their car with that Missouri license plate.
(They would remind you of the couple in American Gothic!)
Turns out that one of their children called their mom
"momza" - none of them knew why we (a few of us visiting
from the East Coast at the time) were laughing hysterically.
- Dov
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda G. Gallagher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 5:37 PM
> To: Dov Isaacs
> Subject: RE: Geeky Friday Humor
>
> OK Dov, you got me on that one. I even pulled out my Yiddish
> Word Book for English-Speaking People and still have no clue.
> What's MOMZA?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> s.com] On
> Behalf Of Dov Isaacs
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 3:55 PM
> To: Dov Isaacs; Framers E-mail List
> Subject: RE: Geeky Friday Humor
>
> For those of you who are still wondering what this
> was about ... "tzurot" means "troubles" in Hebrew.
> The Yiddish equivalent is "tzuros" or "tsuris" which
> is also "troubles" as in "big time troubles!"
>
> However, the more interesting license plate I saw in
> rural Missouri over 25 years ago was MOMZA.
>
> - Dov
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dov Isaacs
> > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:55 AM
> > To: Framers E-mail List
> > Subject: RE: Geeky Friday Humor
> >
> > ... And on the road earlier this week, I saw a car
> > in the SF Bay area with the license plate TSURIS.
> > I felt sorry for the guy ...
> >
> > - Dov
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Van Boening, Tammy
> > > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 7:04 AM
> > > To: undisclosed-recipients
> > > Subject: OT: Geeky Friday Humor
> > >
> > > So, on the way into work today, I saw the following on a
> > > license plate:
> > > RGBCMYK and the license plate holder stated that "Artists do it
> > > graphically." I was cracking up; however, my husband on the
> > other hand
> > > did not understand why I thought it was so funny and <sigh>
> > accused me
> > > of yet another round of "geeky humor." </sigh>
> > >
> > > TGIF!
> > >
> > > TVB
> > >
> > > Tammy L. Van Boening
> > >
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