English word that exists because of differences in the way people spoke Hebrew

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  • August 19, 2016 4:38 am at 4:38 am #618163
    ☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
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    Can you name it?

    October 9, 2016 9:47 pm at 9:47 pm #1185840
    thebabbler
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    please tell us

    October 9, 2016 11:19 pm at 11:19 pm #1185841
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    This is an easy one: “shibboleth”.

    October 9, 2016 11:21 pm at 11:21 pm #1185842
    golfer
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    shibboleth

    October 9, 2016 11:36 pm at 11:36 pm #1185843
    Neville ChaimBerlin
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    It’s slipping away from me. It starts with an S and comes from the story in which one tribe ousts someone as being from another tribe (I think Benyamin) because they ask them to pronounce THIS word, and they say the shin like a sin, right?

    I’ve forgotten the word, though.

    October 9, 2016 11:56 pm at 11:56 pm #1185844
    Joseph
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    NCB: You didn’t see the two posts preceding your own?

    October 10, 2016 12:29 am at 12:29 am #1185845
    golfer
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    Joseph, the Mods let through dash’s post, mine and NCB’s at the same time. So he couldn’t have seen our posts before he wrote his.

    Sometimes the CR gets a little confusing like that…

    October 10, 2016 11:07 pm at 11:07 pm #1185846
    Neville ChaimBerlin
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    Thanks, golfer. Yeah I was worried that would happen. Makes me look kind of dumb now.

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