When I first went to Israel, I couldn’t remember how to say elevator. So I referred to it as a “yaale veyavo.” People thought it very funny. Other mistakes were my use of “mekarer” insteat of “frigider” and “tzimriya” instead of “sveder.” I also referred to popcorn as “tiras hemefutzatz” and money as “mamon.” Then there was the time I went to a store and asked the clerk “Mchor na li me’at lechem v’chemah.”
