tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879839.post113898279807665905..comments2007-04-16T14:09:02.651-04:00Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480979508464745120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879839.post-1139465818784053602006-02-09T01:16:00.000-05:002006-02-09T01:16:00.000-05:00אף על פי כן would seem to be an isolated case. Can you name an example that does not occur extensively in pre-revival rabbinic literature?Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15506597622203440580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879839.post-1139450196328663492006-02-08T20:56:00.000-05:002006-02-08T20:56:00.000-05:00Lawrence:<BR/><BR/>Pronounce the phrase אף על פי כן in Yisre'elit.<BR/><BR/>Right.Mar Gavrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09557422906879451307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879839.post-1139432889234545112006-02-08T16:08:00.000-05:002006-02-08T16:08:00.000-05:00My Hebrew usage is not Massoretic. I tend to follow the grammatical conventions of modern Israeli Hebrew, which does not feature transverbal softening of Beghedh-Kefeth letters.<BR/><BR/>(One could argue that Israeli Hebrew has no grammatical conventions, given the current state of its usage. Perhaps I ought to say that I generally pasken by the Hebrew Language Academy when it comes to grammar.)Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15506597622203440580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879839.post-1139116324897373682006-02-05T00:12:00.000-05:002006-02-05T00:12:00.000-05:00Doctor, heal thyself!<BR/><BR/>If you are going to correct other people's non-Massoretic pronunciations of the Fifteenth of Shevot, then you should at least adopt a truly Massoretic pronunciation yourself, and say <I>Tu <B>v</B>ishvot</I>, as I so.<BR/><BR/>Remember the principle: בג"ד כפ"ת דסמיך לאהו"י רפי.Mar Gavrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09557422906879451307noreply@blogger.com