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Re: Letters in Hebrew

From: "Lewis Reich" <lbr AT sprynet.com>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Letters in Hebrew
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 13:34:20 -0400

On 10 Jul 99, at 21:02, gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU wrote:

> Ayeen is very much like Alef, and only true
> connoisseurs and people of Arabic-speaking extraction actually pronounce
> the correct way. That is, they pronounce it with a guttural inflection, of
> which most Hebrew-speakers are incapable."
>
> Is this really true in conversational Ivrit?

Yes.

>
> "Chakh'chakh: m, derogative nickname for a commonly behaving young Jew of
> North-African background."
>
> I mean...is this REALLY ORIGINALLY a pure Hebrew word????

I doubt it.

Lewis Reich
lbr AT sprynet.com

Letters in Hebrew, gs02wmr, 07/10/1999
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