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Thread #43246 Message #633059
Posted By: jbailes
22-Jan-02 - 11:46 AM
Thread Name: Bat Mitzvah murders
Subject: RE: Bat Mitzvah murders
art thieme: bat mitzvah is (so-called) sephardic hebrew (israeli) and bas mitzvah is ashkenzazic (western) hebrew. the former pronounces the letter "tav" as "t" while the latter pronounces the same letter, which it calls "sav," as "s." traditional english transliteration has typically used "th" for the same letter. the phenomenon is "metathesis," letters changing into other letters, as belief and believe (f and v), little pronounced liddle (t and d), or the blues song "i'm a bumberbee" (r for l). this last reference ties my response to music, and offering a last example, arabic salam and hebrew sholom, will tie it to the thieme of this thread.