BSM has come a long way in figuring out accents in languages. I remember a few years ago when I told him to grab his little prayer book (pronounced SID-der) and come along, he just looked at me in confusion until I clarified with an Israeli accent (seed-OORRRHH).
Recently, he's started correcting in the other direction, so when Husbinator is telling him (in English) about the weekly Torah portion and mentions Mt. Moriah (pronounced all Israeli-like as Har Ha-mor'-ee-YAH), BSM corrects him with the super-American pronunciation, "Oh, you mean, Har' Ha-mor-EE-yuh."
Can't win with this kid. But it's amusing to watch him reinvent Yeshivish.
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