Unutterably Silly Friday's question of the week 8/8/8

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by slayda

Reminds me of the joke about "What goes up the hill on 4 legs and comes down on 3."

I know, but won't spoil it

What sort of vegetable is this:

OZ-OZ

(In my experience, some people know straight away, others take ages.)

[BookishDreamer]

I understand the Nu and Yiddish connection. I actually like the definitions I found at http://www.jewfaq.org/yiddish.htm.

"nu" is a Yiddish word equivalent to English words like "so?" or "well?," and can be used all by itself to mean "What's new?"

Nu (rhymes with "Jew")
An all-purpose word that doesn't really mean anything, like "well," "so" or "wassup?" I usually hear it as a prompt for a response or explanation. A friend of mine who worked for a Jewish history museum joked that they answered the phone "Jew mu, nu?" When someone takes too long to respond in an online chat or trails off in the middle of a thought, I might type "nu?" (are you still there? are you answering?) If someone says something that doesn't seem to make any sense, you might say, "nu?" (what's that supposed to mean?)

Dreamer

[tirsales]

So I remembered correctly - its very much like the german "hmm" or "hä"? and my example makes perfect sense

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by tirsales

Actually it makes sense. I wouldnt have found it out - but once you know it, its pretty obvious.

Y'see, this is why Tirsales is my assistant in taking care of GeoffC when he gets railroaded, I mean admitted for 'treatments.' He can think like a pshrynk.

[tirsales]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Y'see, this is why Tirsales is my assistant in taking care of GeoffC when he gets railroaded, I mean admitted for 'treatments.' He can think like a pshrynk.

Whenever you need me

[Sparrow]

But what about the '...' ?

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

But what about the '...' ?

You have to have at least 5 characters to post a message, and "..Nu?" just looked wrong.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

You have to have at least 5 characters to post a message, and "..Nu?" just looked wrong.

[Sparrow]

...Nu?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

...Nu?

cheater...

[Sparrow]

Sssshhhh!

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Sssshhhh!

Now that's just wrong!

[Madam Broshkina]

Nu (kana) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both hiragana and katakana are made in two strokes and represent (IPA) /nɯ/. They are derived from the Chinese character 奴.

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

What sort of vegetable is this:

OZ-OZ

(In my experience, some people know straight away, others take ages.)

I'm just crying to hear the answer for this one .....

[Sparrow]