Michael Sylvester wrote:
> A student has just returned from Spring Break and is wearing a T-shirt
> with the words "hava tequila".
> Would such a T-shirt be offensive to my Jewish students or to a Jewish
> prof colleague?
> Should I have a talk to the student about this?
The word hava is associated with the verb to bring. Thus, the t-shirt is
essentially saying "bring me a tequila".
Sounds pretty good to me!
linda
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