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Why "byse" and "vyse" and not "bies" and "vies"? - squee100 - 03-15-2019
https://books.google.com/books?id=KEYEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA17&dq=hebrew+vowel+shvo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCpubS7YLhAhXtQhUIHcCCCAcQuwUIMDAB#v=onepage&q&f=false
Elsewhere in this book, the author consistently transliterates Ashkenazi צירי as "ie." Why, when listing the letter names, does he use "byse" and "vyse" instead of "bies" and "vies"?
RE: Why "byse" and "vyse" and not "bies" and "vies"? - Jason - 03-15-2019
(03-15-2019, 12:33 AM)squee100 Wrote: https://books.google.com/books?id=KEYEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA17&dq=hebrew+vowel+shvo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCpubS7YLhAhXtQhUIHcCCCAcQuwUIMDAB#v=onepage&q&f=false
Elsewhere in this book, the author consistently transliterates Ashkenazi צירי as "ie." Why, when listing the letter names, does he use "byse" and "vyse" instead of "bies" and "vies"?
If you'd use IPA, we might have a clue what you mean. I don't know what "byse" or "bies" sounds like.
RE: Why "byse" and "vyse" and not "bies" and "vies"? - squee100 - 03-15-2019
(03-15-2019, 01:04 AM)Jason Wrote:The author says the sound is "ie" as in "die," so [bajs], [vajs].(03-15-2019, 12:33 AM)squee100 Wrote: https://books.google.com/books?id=KEYEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA17&dq=hebrew+vowel+shvo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCpubS7YLhAhXtQhUIHcCCCAcQuwUIMDAB#v=onepage&q&f=false
Elsewhere in this book, the author consistently transliterates Ashkenazi צירי as "ie." Why, when listing the letter names, does he use "byse" and "vyse" instead of "bies" and "vies"?
If you'd use IPA, we might have a clue what you mean. I don't know what "byse" or "bies" sounds like.