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| (...) yay! thanks :) :) Dan (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.il)
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| (...) OK, I think I get it now, thanks! :-) If the canonical way to write the name in the ISO-8859-1 character set is Israel and not Yisra`el, then Israel it is! :-) OK, the (URL) page now lists this in the I's instead of the Y's. --Todd (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.il)
| | | | | Re: "Yisra`el" vs. "Israel"
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| (...) errr... yes, sorry :) (...) well, you would never find it spelled like that in Israel, and rarly it would even be pronounced like that. Most cases (except people that take care to pronounce things exactly like they're supposed to be) it would (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.il)
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| (...) Yeah, that's what he meant :P (...) It's not that it's incorrect. That _is_ how Israelis say the name of the country - in Hebrew. However, we never write it like that in English. The common and acceptable English spelling is Israel. This is (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.il)
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| Dan, I'm assuming below that you meant lugnet.loc.il, because there is no group lugnet.local.yisrael... (...) On the entry page (URL) for lugnet.loc.il, it shows lugnet.loc.il- Yisra`el (Israel) My world atlas showed "Yisra`el" as the correct (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.il)
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| Hi All, From what I see here I'm the only Israeli AFOL, acctually living in Israel :-) nice to know that. Anyhow I'm gled I'm not the only Israeli AFOL in the world :-) Israel (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| (...) hmmm... did anyone try and fix it? I mean, it's not even really how Israel is pronounced in hebrew! Dan (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| (...) Hi! Me too, I'm still going back (in a year and a half). (...) Don't ask me... It gave me a good laugh or too at first, but it's sorta weird... Anyhow, welcome! There isn't much traffic here, but hi anyway! -Shiri (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| Hey all - just subscirbed to lugnet.loc.il, just cause I used to live there for most of my life... And to ask a question - why are we undet /local/yisrael, and not /local/israel? I almost didn't find the group! Anyhow, glad to be here, talk to you (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.il)
| | | | | Re: Defense Archer at TCS!
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| (...) Yeah, the store doesn't have any other sites, I think. (More the pity - I'm sure there are a lot of lego fans wanting to get here) (...) I live in the northern Galillee, in a small village called Kfar Vradim (you might realize that means Rose (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.il)
| | | | | Re: Wow
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| (...) Cool! Sounds like a great way to learn ____ (whatever that is you learned ;) (...) Wow, you've been to more places than I have, and I've lived there almost all my life :-) But I won't grudge you on that ;-) (...) has (...) a (...) year. :-( (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.people)
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| Warning: this message is not recommended for the mentally-deprived... It is also not recommended for people with low rates of sense of humor... (...) Well, I did answer myself, so I guess I still fit in the catagory... :-) (...) "Dad, Shelley is (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Actually, talking to oneself is perfectly sane. *Answering* oneself is the sign of insanity. Oh, and if you start fighting with yourself over who gets to build with the bricks, immediately call for those guys with that comfy white jacket... ;) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Actually, the college was St. Olaf in Minnesota. A group of us went and lived in the old city (The Lutheran hostel) and had professors either take us out on field trips or come to us to teach. (...) Where didn't we go;-) Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.people)
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| (...) Which college? (...) Where did you go? (...) I agree, and I'm really sad I had to leave. I'm coming back, though. (...) Yeah, Israel's the best :-) (Goooo, Israel!) It really is surprising that all the big monotheistic religions found it as a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, personally I'm glad he isn't Prime Minister anymore, I was for Barak. I'm glad things are working better now, and talks with Syria are developing, even though I'm not there to see it off personally ;-) -Shiri CP to .debate (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| I, too, am a big fan of Israel. Studied there in college for a semester and liked it so much that I dragged my wife there for our honeymoon (we hiked around for 3 months). It is a beautiful country; having the diversity of climate zones of the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, especially when Benjamin Netenyaho (I know the spelling is off, my apologies!) was Prime Minister, the press treated him very badly just because he was a conservative, and the fact that the White House supported Rabin, which our press (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Oh, and BTW, I meant without LEGO-fans... not without fans of Israel itself :-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, I agree with the first part, but what do you mean "a decent picture"? In what respect? -Shiri (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general)
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