A while ago, this graffiti showed up on the fence around the building next door. (Which, incidentally, is a grand old mansion that is being renovated) We didn't think much of it. It seemed like a simple confession of love for Yossi ('Brew for Josef) and a plaintive hope that it is requited.
But hold on a minute here folks. Verbs (love) and subject pronouns (you) are not gender neutral in Hebrew. After further analysis, this graffiti gets a little more titillating.
In the sentence on the right, the verb is in a male form, implying the speaker is a dude. Therefore, Dude is confessing his love for Yossi, another dude. Openly, in spray paint, for all of us to see and analyze.
But wait, it gets better! In the the second sentence, the question, the gender of the words again makes things even more spicy. The subject pronoun "you" is female in "Yossi, do you love me?" Therefore Yossi is a chick!
Ahhh, transgendered love in Jerusalem.
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