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.קום is just .com transliterated into Hebrew letters, right? That actually seems quite useful, if people are typing not realizing the keyboard is set to Hebrew

• vinay427 6y ago
  That would only work if the Hebrew keyboard layout they were using had this mapping of letters. Most language layouts for non-Roman scripts don't optimize for phonetically approximating the corresponding English letters (presumably on a QWERTY layout). It appears that they don't match to the TLD letters here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_keyboard
  • yarinr 6y ago
    That's correct. Typing 'com' with the keyboard set to Hebrew results in 'בםצ' (which is not even pronounceable) not 'קום'. The Hebrew keyboard layout has no relation to QWERTY in terms of phonetics.
    • ars 6y ago
      There is a Hebrew phonetic keyboard layout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_keyboard#Hebrew_on_standard_Latin-based_keyboards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_keyboard#Hebrew_on_stan... it's built in on Android, windows, Linux, etc. Usually used by non-native Hebrew speakers. > 'בםצ' (which is not even pronounceable) Sounds like a new snack from Osem :)
• creatornator 6y ago
  If the keyboard was set to Hebrew then the subdomain would also be spelled out in the wrong characters, so the URL would be nonsense or go to a different site. Additionally, as people mentioned, the standard Hebrew layout is incompatible with QUERTY (I am a Hebrew speaker and have never heard of the phonetic Hebrew layout you linked to). Also when you type the URL the characters would be spelled out in the oppose right-to-left direction as .com.