Top Ten "Updated"Teret'na M'salEs for the Hyphenated-Ethiopian

As always, public servants that we are, we have 'modernized' a few teret'na m'salEs for our fellow Ethiopians who did not grow up listening to Weizero Amakelch Demmeliss, ex-proprietor of a well-treaded azamri bEt opposite Menaheria, telling stories studded with colloquialisms which have stumped AmariNa LiQs for decades... So, a few TnM's, as the kids like to call them. Bonus advantage, let one of these roll off of your pierced tongue, and voila, you have instantly absolved your parents of the guilt they might feel for not having tried to make you hang on to AmariNa...

10. Jb kehEde, my SUV car-alarm CHohe.

9. Ye Abay'n lj wuha Temaw, Ye Mississippi'n gn "riverboat" Qumar fejew.

8. SEt yelakechw, will triple park on 18^th street on a Saturday night.

7. Yelemedech ToTa, ye'Satellite'u remote control yenE newe tilalech.

6. Hamsa lomi shekim new lemonade kalserubet.

5. Lam alegN be-semaii, but she does not produce skim milk.

4. Ke-double cheeseburger-u fitu.

3. Ye'LaCH lij, QuriT Michael Jordan-'n!

2. Sra saTa, lijen ke'cyber mistu lafata.

1. Sra-fet MenekusE Qob'un be-Stetson lewiTo "Cowboy, Cowboy" yCHawetal.