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2 39 33_Re: Normativism vs. descriptivism13_Monica Devens17_mdevens@yahoo.com37_Sat, 10 Jun 2000 11:02:11 -0700 (PDT)391_us-ascii To weigh in again on the Sephardi/Ashkenazi pronunciation issue, let's be careful to note that *neither* pattern was adopted in toto into Israeli Hebrew. Yes, Israeli Hebrew shows the Ashkenazi pattern of chet and khaf (oh, how to spell these!) falling together, of alef and ayin falling together, but it also shows the Sephardi pattern of two different kamats pronunciations. [...]
42 28 33_Re: Normativism vs. descriptivism13_Monica Devens17_mdevens@yahoo.com37_Sat, 10 Jun 2000 13:34:32 -0700 (PDT)337_us-ascii --- Sefarad <sefarad@geocities.com> wrote: > This is a very interesting statement. I use to "kid around" with my > students (the Ashkenazi ones). I told them that they, the Ashkenazi, gave > modern Hebrew its body (cursive script), but we, the Sephardic, gave the > spirit (pronunciation) without it the language is death. [...]
71 20 33_Re: Normativism vs. descriptivism14_Tsuguya Sasaki15_tsuguya@gol.com31_Sun, 11 Jun 2000 08:50:13 +0900391_iso-8859-1 > "the Ashkenazi gave Hebrew its cursive script"?<br><br>The cursive script as we use it now in Modern Hebrew is of Ashkenazic origin.<br><br>Tsuguya Sasaki<br><br><br><br>------------------------ heblang@shamash.org -----------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Internet Consortium http://shamash.org ------------------------ heblang@shamash.org -----------------------=