Oldie but goodie.
In the early 1800’s, a certain beggar once approached Amschel Mayer Rothschild, and wanted to be clever about collecting money from him. As was the style at the time, people used to use first-letter mnemonics to summarize a sentence. And to make things more clever was to make the mnemonic into a familiar word. The word the beggar used was for the alternate word Talmud, Gemara (or “Gemooreh” in Chassidish pronunciation).
So, our beggar friend approached R’ Amschel and exclaimed to him, ” גמר”א ” (GeMaRA)!
R’ Amschel asked him “what does that mean?”
The beggar replied, ” גוט מורגען, רב אמשל ” (Good morning, Reb Amschel).
R’ Amschel replied, “Ah! גוט מורגען ” (Good morning).
The beggar once again says, ” גמר”א ” (GeMaRA)!
“What now?'” Asked the wealthy R’ Amschel.
The beggar tells him, ” גיב מעוס, רב אמשל ” (Give money, Reb Amschel).
R’ Amschel gives the beggar money.
The beggar once again says, ” גמר”א ” (GeMaRA)!
“What now?'” Asked an already impatient R’ Amschel.
The beggar tells him, ” גיב מער, רב אמשל ” (Give more, Reb Amschel).