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????