note 46519 deleted from language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim by tularis

Note Submitter: seec77 at zahav dot net dot il ---- Just a little fun note about the term "Pa'ama'im Nekudota'im". As a person who originated, and still lives in Israel (land of the Hebrew language), I wanted to explain to everyone what "Pa'ama'im Nekudota'im" means. "Nekudota'im", is the Hebrew term for a colon. "Nekudota'im" is a combination of two words... "Neukda", which means "dot"... and "Shta'im" (female form of "Shna'im"), which means "two". Thus, "Nekudota'im" means two dots, and that's why in Hebrew it is used for the colon sign. "Pa'ama'im", is also a combination of two words. "Pa'am", which means "a time", and again, the postfix originating from "Shtai'm". So "Pa'ama'im" means "two times", or "twice". We can conclude this, by saying that the expression "Pa'ama'im Nekudota'im" means two times a pair of dots, or a pair of colons, which makes the expression totally legable for calling such an operator. :)