but I never said he was my favourite relative

[sovay]

I have discovered my new favorite curse:

.חתונה האָבן זאָל ער מיט די מלאך המוות טאָכטער

It's Yiddish. He should marry the daughter of the Angel of Death.

I need to do something with that.

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[farwing.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is *wonderful*. Erm. My Hebrew/Yiddish is fairly non-functional. Can you provide a transliteration?

[sovay]

My Hebrew/Yiddish is fairly non-functional. Can you provide a transliteration?

Yes; I'm sorry. I should have included it in the post.

Khasene hobn zol er mit di malekh-hamoves tokhter.

[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this as well as the post! And I look forward to seeing what you do with it. Where did you come upon the curse?

[sovay]

Where did you come upon the curse?

A book called I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears, which arrived yesterday as a late holiday gift for my mother. It only had the English, so I back-translated it into Yiddish (and was then able to find a more idiomatic phrasing on the internet). It made me very happy.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Can't wait to see what you do with it!

Reminds me that in Terry Pratchett's Mort, Death's adoptive daughter is a main character.

[chomiji]

Yes! I also thought of her daughter (Death's granddaughter), Susan Sto-Helit.

[sovay]

Reminds me that in Terry Pratchett's Mort, Death's adoptive daughter is a main character.

I thought of that, too, though I consider it unlikely that Terry Pratchett was ever cursed out in Yiddish.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

He's much too affable-seeming a person to have earned (what--I typed "urned" first) a Yiddish curse.

[weirdquark]

I remember writing a poem which contained the phrase "daughter of the Angel of Death" -- it was a Holocaust themed thing I wrote in junior high that I blame on Devil's Arithmetic, and referred to a girl/woman of indeterminate age riding in one of the trains to a concentration camp.

[sovay]

I remember writing a poem which contained the phrase "daughter of the Angel of Death" -- it was a Holocaust themed thing I wrote in junior high that I blame on Devil's Arithmetic, and referred to a girl/woman of indeterminate age riding in one of the trains to a concentration camp.

Did you know the proverb?

[weirdquark]

Nope. I think I was just being dramatic.

[sovay]

Nope. I think I was just being dramatic.

Eh. It's still a good image.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Nice. I've heard she's hot...

[sovay]

I've heard she's hot...

She'd certainly approve of that icon.

[larryhammer]

AWESOMESAUCE

[sovay]

AWESOMESAUCE

I know!

[samhenderson.livejournal.com]

Please!

[sovay]

Please!

I'll see what I can do!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I like that. You do need to do something with it.

Is it you whom I remember having described a dream about attending a wedding at which the Angel of Death was a fellow guest?

[sovay]

Is it you whom I remember having described a dream about attending a wedding at which the Angel of Death was a fellow guest?

Years ago, except that I dreamed I was Death. It never turned into a poem, but it should have.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Years ago, except that I dreamed I was Death. It never turned into a poem, but it should have.

Oh, I see. Sorry for misremembering it.

And indeed, it should have. Bhuel, maybe someday?

[timesygn.livejournal.com]

It's Yiddish. He should marry the daughter of the Angel of Death.

I need to do something with that.

I see a half-hour sitcom in the vein of Friends ....

[sovay]

I see a half-hour sitcom in the vein of Friends ....

*snerk*

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I see a half-hour sitcom in the vein of Friends ....

If this show were on the air, I might actually start watching television again.

[timesygn.livejournal.com]

I might, too (- provided Death doesn't have some quirky blonde friend who keeps making regrettable choices in men).

[whiskeychick.livejournal.com]

indeed you should. hopefully you'll share.

[sovay]

indeed you should. hopefully you'll share.

Thank you. Feel free to experiment yourself, of course.

[whiskeychick.livejournal.com]

well, since I have your permission. Perhaps I shall. Thanks.