Avi K: even “holy”(!) Ivrit nowadays is a hodge-podge tongue. containing a significant number of words taken from English, Russian, and Arabic, among others. You are surely familiar with the infamous “back-axle kidmit” For the uninitiated, this IS a phrase used today in Israel that refers to a vehicles’ front wheel axle….
All languages today are “creole,” including English and Ivrit.
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