"shibboleth" in pop media

Phil Pishioneri pgp at pSu.edu
Wed Oct 9 15:52:04 EDT 2019


This past Friday's TV episode of Jeopardy (aired 2019/10/04), in the
category "Words About Words", had this clue:

    It's a word that tells people you're in a group; in the Bible those
    who said "sib" instead of "shib" were slaughtered

http://www.j-archive.com/suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=372689

-Phil



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