Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 15/01/2005 01:35, Jim West wrote:

> ...  But Peter, honsetly, if you can't see the value of hebrew 
> characters (in whatever order they are typed) over sometimes confusing 
> transliteration I am at a loss as to how you have arrived at such a 
> viewpoint.


I entirely agree with you that Hebrew characters are better than 
confusing transliteration (although not necessarily better than good 
transliteration, but that's another issue). My computer has built into 
it the capability of typing Hebrew in the proper order and displaying it 
correctly. I want to use those built-in capabilities rather than a 
hacked solution suggested by someone who doesn't know what they are 
talking about.

> > You wrote "Technology has advanced to the point that..." Well, 
> > technology advanced that far about ten years ago, and has advanced a 
> > long way beyond that now.
> Then why have the computer geeks not gotten together and formulated a 
> solution to the ever present foreign font dilemma?
They have. It is built into my computer. It has been built into Windows 
for at least seven years. I have suggested using it several times on 
this list. But a few people have objected because they insist on using 
obsolete mail clients which don't support either your solution or mine, 
in fact they refuse to upgrade to any way of displaying Hebrew 
characters on their computers.
...

> > While I do not support going back to the inarticulate transcription, 
> > that is better than making a rash change to an obsolete technology on 
> > the advice of someone who admits to knowing almost nothing about the 
> > issue.
>
>
> A rash change?  If technology has advanced so far in 10 years, as you 
> suggest, then why is transcription still necessary? ...
It isn't. It hasn't been needed for 7 years. It is not used on this list 
only because a few people object to making any technological progress.

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Peter Kirk
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