Re: Hebrew vs. Ivrit - Eh?? (was: Re: Betreft: Re: Steg's wonderful .sig (and a question))
| From: | Josh Roth <fuscian@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 7, 1999, 5:18 |
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In a message dated 11/6/1999 7:06:16 PM, draqonfayir@JUNO.COM writes:
>On Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:42:47 +0100 Rob Nierse <rnierse@...> writes:
>> This reminds me of the time I wanted to learn Hebrew.
>> Classmates said: it isn't spoken anymore,
>> why do you want to learn it, why don't you learn Ivrit?
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>Ehh....ani lo' meivin...
>("i don't understand") if you never got around to learning it.
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>What did they mean by that?
Isn't Hebrew sometimes used to refer exclusively to Ancient Hebrew and Ivrit
to Modern?
>-Stephen (Steg)
Josh Roth
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