Pronunciation 101
March 16, 2007 - 3:00 PM by Stephanie
The Zabaj team is at it again, this time taking pronunciation to task in this land of borrowed slang and multiple cultures.
What are they going on about? The Israeli habit of borrowing English words, switching around their pronunciation emphasis or adding “ette” to ends and VOILA! dubbing the new ism Hebrew. Linguists call that “slang”.
Examples:
Parquet (pronounced par-quette)
Buffet (pronounced Boo-fette)
Geographia – Geography
Bee-oh-low-gee-ah – Biology
etc. etc. etc.
More here
At least it’s easier than studying Rashi interpretation
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