Bill O'Reilly thinks he knows Yiddish!

[veracity]

What a jerk! Doesn't he have a research staff? In his ridiculous criticism of Laura Bush for wearing a headscarf while visiting Saudi Arabia.... he tried so hard to sound smart. It wasn't enough that he criticized her for showing respect for another nation's culture, but he had to be a total idiot, once again.... Trying to sound intelligent never works for him, and it surely didn't work this time, either.

He said that Laura wore a 'schmata,' which he claimed is Yiddish for head scarf. IDIOT. The word 'schmata' is Yiddish for RAG. Yeah, what you'd use to dust the furniture or wipe up spills. But, there's no one on his show to correct him. They're all such fools.

More on Bill: http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/bill_o_reilly.html

[Warpy]

1. So call him a goyische putz

It fits.

[Fredda Weinberg]

2. Well, it's not a tiechel, but honestly, a schmata on your head is kinda

funny and not exactly unheard of. We were talking do rags in the lounge the other day ...

[Berry Cool]

3. I believe the word you're looking for to describe Bill

would be "schmuck"

[NanceGreggs]

4. The Weekly Standard ...

... described Laura's headwear as a "schmata".

I'm not saying they pass these talking points around, mind you, but ...

[monmouth]

5. As an Irish girl from Jersey, my Jewish girlfriend taught me yiddish,

along with her grandmother....They loved teaching me new words and to tell the truth, yiddish says it all. When you hear someone is a schmuck you just know what it means. My fav is meshuggada (I know it's spelled wrong) but I love that word anyway. Yiddish should be a required language in school, it absolutely has a word for every situation....lol

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

6. Schmuck indeed!

I love the title of this book:

[monmouth]

8. That is hilarious....

[aquart]

9. They say you can tell what's important to a culture by the number of words it has for a thing.

Like the eskimos having maybe 27 words to cover every possible kind of snow and the rest of us just say "snow."

We Jews have a large number of words to describe a worthless man: putz, schmuck, shnurrer, schmendrick, schlemiel, schlimazl....

[monmouth]

13. Back in the day when the old vaudeville shows were so popular,

I used to tap dance on the Steel Pier in AC and got to know a lot of those great performers. Many were first generation Jews, their families mostly worked in the garment district..oy vey what interesting people and what a fabulous education I received. In the spring of '53 I was to make my Confirmation. The kindness and gifts I received..unbelievable. It was explained to me that it was the same as a Bat Mitzvah in the Jewish religion so I was treated like a princess, believe me. Good memories.

[aquart]

25. WOW!

Oh, what a history.

My grandmother was one of that first generation in the garment district. The first in her shop to walk out on strike. At 17.

[monmouth]

26. God bless her, my kind of gal...

When the summer shows were over they were headed for the mountains to the big hotels. I gave my mother a fit because I wanted to go with the group (to be discovered of course.) Hahaha, 13 years old going to Grossingers!! Mother was not amused....

[Hekate]

10. Meshuggana. Milder epithet than schmuck and putz. Bill O is all of these, of course. nt

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

23. I always heard meshuggana means crazy.

[Hekate]

24. Yes--and he is. LOL

[Ilsa]

16. meshugennah? nt

[karlrschneider]

7. Apparently Weekly Standard used the "shmata" term first.

No link but that's what was implied on Dan Abrams' show earlier.
edit: Oops, sorry Nance, missed your post!
bleah

[Deja Q]

11. Oy vey...

:hide:

[Bonobo]

12. I"ll put some schmata on that yutz's head.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

14. Gai kaken, Billo!

http://www.pass.to/glossary/Default.htm

[Ilsa]

21. Thank you! I keep a file of Dictionaries in General Reference in

my Favorites list. You're a real mentsh!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

22. Thanks! :)

[cloudbase]

15. Gai in drerd, Bill. n/t

[veracity]

17. apply for a job at FOX

You folks are super.... you could be the Yiddish translator for the IDIOT. I kid you not.

[kcass1954]

18. Maybe it was a schmata... Was it made out of new drapes or the old ones? n/t

[and-justice-for-all]

19. That clown 'thinks' he knows alot of things...

and we all know better.

[Canuckistanian]

20. Which just proves

He knows about as much about Jewish culture as he does about Black culture with his visit to Sylvia's in Harlem a few months back.

He's so white, he's an embarrassment to my race.

Oy Gevalt.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

27. What schmata with this dolt?

Does he EVER tire of talking through his toenails? :rofl: