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Post by medic09 on Oct 2, 2009 9:53:12 GMT -5
A happy holy wonderful excellent Hag Sukkot and Shanah Tovah to all the holy ahim and ahayot!
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Post by Rivka P on Oct 4, 2009 21:03:12 GMT -5
wait, in israel, you would call yourself an ach, not an achot? I know achot is sister, but I just thought in general, achot also meant nurse, not dependent on gender...
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Post by Rivka P on Oct 4, 2009 21:03:39 GMT -5
ooh and of course chag samayach to you too!  ;D  |
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Post by medic09 on Oct 4, 2009 22:09:10 GMT -5
Moadim L'siimha!
Ahot is nurse is sister because, if I understand correctly, nuns ('sisters') were nurses. But once the word took on a life of its own as 'nurse', there had to be a masculine application. A nurse who is a guy in Israel is 'ah'.
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Post by achot on Oct 7, 2009 1:12:58 GMT -5
correct and interestingly enough, when addressing a group of nurse of both genders, you include the men in the female version of the noun- Achyot- not achim!! This according to Misrad Habriyut. so technically you would only use "Achim" version when addressing a group of Male Nurse by themselves. Hebrew lesson for the day.
When I started working at my present job and had to write policies, I addressed them all to the Ahayot and Achim...and was quickly corrected by all- including Misrad Habriyot (DOH)
Yes the origins come from the fact that most nurses used to be nuns.
But we LOVE our male nurses...Achaynu Kol Yisroel>>>
Moadim LeSimcha to one and all (nurses, families etc)
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Post by Rivka P on Feb 28, 2010 1:04:00 GMT -5
Happy Purim!!!!!
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;D 