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I am particularly appreciative of the blog author's transliteration of the phrase, respecting the Hebrew (technically Aramaic in this case) pronunciation of his
by names_are_hard 5y ago
I am particularly appreciative of the blog author's transliteration of the phrase, respecting the Hebrew (technically Aramaic in this case) pronunciation of his yeshivish background and not choosing to "modernize" for a broader audience.
I am curious how common the "ay" is these days as opposed to "oy" - I don't know if I've heard it in a long time. Which part of Europe does it come from, and which yeshivos and communities are still doing it? Anyone know? In general, I'm fascinated by the different ways the language evolved before Ben Yehuda's revival and standardization and I find it frustrating that in some corners of the Jewish world a conscious decision was made to abandon this natural fragmentation in favor of a standard.
- hormeze 5y agohello! im the author- the word is actually in the talmud itself,in the story of choni hamagel. spelled with an aleph and yud, so yes the pronunciation is 'ay' given that it is aramaic the A sound is the dufault, iirc (been a long time since i was in yeshivah) in yiddish, ay and oy are used for different things, tho it occurs to me i cant quite articulate the difference. i believe ay is older.