Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Bill:

>
> Yakov wrote:-
>
> >Or like English, in which "nice to see you"
> >becoming "ni-sea." Think about it, when was the last time you heard
> >anyone say any of the "o"s in that phrase?
>
> Obviously you live in a very different part of the world where English
> is spoken differently to here. I've never heard this super contraction
> you pose as an example.
>
>
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I have never heard that contraction either, nor anything close to it.

Karl W. Randolph.
San Francisco, CA U.S.A.