Kenji Wrote:In page 15, Jack met his dad at airport, then Jack said to dad, "What'd you do, come in on E1A1?".
Maggers Wrote:I'm just guessing here, as I haven't read the book yet.
Is it El Al, the Israeli airline? In all caps, that would be EL AL.
BrettM Wrote:Maggers has it right. It is El Al (two words), the name of the Israeli airline, not E1A1. Jack is making a joke, since his dad's flight had a large number of Hassidic Jews as passengers. (They could be identified by their clothing, since they wear black robes and hats, and the men have full beards.)
BrettM Wrote:Whew, I'm glad we cleared that one up! I was beginning to wonder how such a strange-looking word could have slipped by me.
BrettM Wrote:Hai, wakarimasu.