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Apr 2012
There was a man called Venter
Who married an old yenta
He became Magaya
And said, “I’m no liar,
My name has changed to Centner!”
© Ronald Maxwell Segel 2008
Venter - Afrikaans surname
Yenta – old woman, Yiddish
Magaya – become Jewish, Yiddish
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