I vote crazy.
Angel: I can stay in town as long as you want me. Buffy: How's forever? Does forever work for you?
'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Sep 12, 2005 5:58:11 am PDT #6613 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Topic!Cindy - Sep 12, 2005 5:59:09 am PDT #6614 of 10002
What is even happening?
13 is the representation of ... hai? How do you spell that? in English?
chaim? Life? Is that what you mean, Jesse?
Jessica - Sep 12, 2005 5:59:46 am PDT #6615 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The usual transliteration is "chai," but the number is 18, not 13. (Signed, She Whose Mother Likes Giving Hannukah Gift Certificates In Multiples Of 18.)
chaim
-im denotes the plural possessive. Chaim = "our life/lives" (roughly)
[eta: And NO THANK YOU for that earworm.]
Jesse - Sep 12, 2005 6:00:14 am PDT #6616 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I vote crazy.
Did anyone ask you? NO THEY DID NOT.
Sheryl - Sep 12, 2005 6:00:47 am PDT #6617 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Chai is one way of spelling the word that means life. The number that corresponds to that is 18.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 12, 2005 6:01:04 am PDT #6618 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Suddenly I thought of another worst song canidate.
Gets a pass for being part of one of the funniest murder sequences in movie history.
Nilly - Sep 12, 2005 6:01:43 am PDT #6619 of 10002
Swouncing
I think what I mean is "life" in Hebrew?
Oh, now I get it! The word is pretty much the way you wrote it, "hai" or "khai" or "chai" or whatever way is the correct one to write that sound that doesn't exist in English.
The number associated with it is 18.
In Hebrew, each letter is assined a number. The first is, of course, 1, the second 2 and so forth. The tenth gets 10, but the one after that gets 20 (not 11. For 11 we use 10+1). And so forth, until after 90 comes 100 and continue with jumps of 100. This way the last letter gets 400. Every number can now be pronounced as a combination of letters, and every word can have the numerical value of its letters added to the 'value' of the word.
The word for "life" or "alive", to be more accurate, has 2 letters. One that equals 8 and another that equals 10. So the sum is 18.
And especially for Cindy: the sum of the letters that combine the word "good" in Hebrew ('tov') is? Yup, 17 (9+6+2).
Jesse - Sep 12, 2005 6:02:12 am PDT #6620 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The usual transliteration is "chai," but the number is 18, not 13.
Phew! That's exactly what I meant! I got confused when I went to type "chai" because of the tea.
(Signed, She Whose Mother Likes Giving Hannukah Gift Certificates In Multiples Of 18.)
And the reason I (used to) know about this is people who make charitable donations in multiples of 18.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 12, 2005 6:02:46 am PDT #6621 of 10002
What is even happening?
-im denotes the plural possessive. Chaim = "our life/lives" (roughly)
I was afraid people would think I meant that tea-ish stuff, if I just typed chai.
That's my second xpost this morning.
sarameg - Sep 12, 2005 6:02:50 am PDT #6622 of 10002
I'd like to chop off my head, please.
Given the way my eyes got all red and itchy, I think I had an allergic reaction to something at the stupid work picnic yesterday.
Because there is no way in hell I'm getting another headcold.