[etni] Re: giving thanks
- From: Kara Aharon <aharonmk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:19:31 +0200
I think that most people born in America realize that the turkey was born
there too, and that people were eating turkey on Thanksgiving long before
BenYehuda revivied the Hebrew language. Is it possible that the turkey,
which I don't think is mentioned in the Bible, is called hodu in Hebrew
because it is eaten on Thanksgiving? I also wonder if it's just a
coincidence that the bird called hodu was discovered in the place that
Columbus thought was Hodu.
Kara Aharon
Yerucham, Israel
08-6589425, 052-3903306
aharonmk@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.englishfun.net
>
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:50:16 +0200
> Subject: [etni] giving thanks
> From: Israel Cohen <cohen.izzy@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Israelis think the turkey came from India. That's why we call it 3oF HoDu
> (as in Hindu), literally "bird of India". HoDu is a homonym that also
> means "thanks, to give thanks".
> Many Israelis know that it is customary to eat turkey at the
> Thanksgiving holiday
> meal. Half of them think turkey is served because the name of the holiday
> is Thanksgiving. The other half think the holiday is called
> Thanksgiving because
> turkey is eaten on that day.
>
> *The turkey is quite a strange bird.
> She's really from HoDu I heard.
> It's the meat from this beast
> On Thanksgiving we feast.
> Now isn't that really absurd?*
>
> Chow. I mean ciao,
> Israel "izzy" Cohen
> cohen.izzy@xxxxxxxxx
>
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