To Purell oneself

With Camp Ramah Darom's swine flu epidemic looming in our minds, we have put a strong emphasis on hand-washing this summer. And while cleanliness has always been a virtue that we've promoted, this summer we are being a bit more....particular about it.

We even invented a new Hebrew word. להתפרל l'hitpurel, to use Purell on one's hands. Common useage might be, "כולם צריכים להתפרל לפני הארוכה" (everyone needs to Purell oneself before the meal).

As a side note, for you Hebrew grammarians out there, there WAS a discussion about which בנין to use – and it was determined that one Purells oneself, therefore it was reflexive, a התפעל verb.

Don't you think the Academy for the Hebrew Language would be proud? 

Speaking of proud people....I think my Ulpan teacher Ada would be proud of this sentence construct:  התפרלתי הרבה. למרות זות, אני חולה

Comments

[SBB]

Hand sanitizer is a way of life, Rach.

Let's keep up our 98.x temps, shall we?

[Becca]

i really like that new verb

[Allison]

Becca told me about this and I was so excited about your new verb. In fact, the first thing I said was "Good, I'm glad they made it reflexive. We can't have kids purell-ing each other. That's lo matim." It makes me happy that camp thought about how to make this new word. Becca called me a jts loser for thinking about its grammatical structure first. Oh well. I'm proud I know what a reflexive word is!

[Meg]

That is a pretty cool word - it reminds me of all the Harry Potter vocabulary! And I'm sure your uplan teacher would be impressed... if you spelled "zot" correctly. (It has an alef) Is it ok that I keep you on your typing toes? ;)