Okay folks, listen up

[yendi]

The Jewish Day of Atonement is Yom Kippur.

Yom Kipper is a holiday devoted to herring. Or should be, at least.

Comments

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Srsly? Have you been seeing this around today?
I'm not Jewish,and I always forget when it is, but I know how to spell it.
Besides, there are already Polish holidays devoted to herring.

[dindin.livejournal.com]

I see it and I hear it. Hearing people say Yom Kipper (should be pronounced Yom Kip-PUR) makes me want to put a spork in my eye.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Holy carp.

[dindin.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[yendi]

Way too often, sadly. And I also get the pronunciation problems that dindin mentions.

[dindin.livejournal.com]

THANK you.

[yendi]

You're welcome. :-)

[ex-bookkeep.livejournal.com]

Also not to be confused with the Southern Baptist Holiday celebrated by the South Texas Cheerleaders and their plastic-smile mamas.

Yom Chipper.

[dindin.livejournal.com]

Dammit, I just spit.

[yendi]

Oy.

[e-scapism101.livejournal.com]

More holidays should involve herring.

[yendi]

Agreed!

[tattermuffin.livejournal.com]

I was going to say that "Yum Kipper" should be the holiday devoted to herring, but then I realize that I really can't agree that "yum" and "kipper" should be in the same phrase ...

[yendi]

I'll disagree on that one. I love kippers!

not me ...

[tattermuffin.livejournal.com]

There's only two types of kippers I like:



and

[hughcasey.livejournal.com]

But what if you need to atone for all the fish I've eaten?

[yendi]

Why would one ever have to atone for that? I refuse to apologize to any fish.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Yom Kipper is a holiday devoted to herring. Or should be, at least.

*wants*

(Actually, now I want to post about surströmming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surströmming), which pretty much is a holiday devoted to herring, at least the way we do it, which involves a lot of drinking akvavit and singing songs to the herring; but it's an anecdote, and it takes up far too much space for a comment...)

[yendi]

We need more holidays like that over here. As well as Sushi Day.

[audacian.livejournal.com]

Also, it is inappropriate to wish someone a happy Yom Kippur.

It it not recommended to make this mistake with your fiance's Jewish nana.


[Also, it is apparently not appropriate to want to blow out the candles and clap when lighting the menorah.]

[yendi]

Eep! I'm guessing those are lessons you learned the hard way?

[jerel.livejournal.com]

::has to spit ginger beer back into the bottle before it comes out her nose::

Sorry. I shouldn't laugh. It's just the way you phrased it. Or perhaps the migraine drugs are making me loopy.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

YOM NOM NOM

Sorry.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

No, Yom Kipper is the Jewish Day of Atonement for Misspelling.

Yom Kippur' is the Jewish Day of Atonement for Extraneous Apostrophes.

Yöm Kippür is the Jewish Day of Atonement for Heavy Metal Bands.

Yom Kip Pardue is the Jewish Day of Atonement for Bad Actors.

[yendi]

That Jewish heavy metal scene is intense.

[ponygirl118.livejournal.com]

Thank ye! Is one of my big pet peeves.

[cscottd.livejournal.com]

"Smoke me a Yom Kipper. I'll be back for breakfast."

[yendi]

*snort*