Re: Enochian, also ritual language, was: The search...perfect language

On Sat, 12 Jun 1999 16:43:14 +1200 Andrew Smith
<hobbit@...> writes:
>On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Steg Belsky wrote:
>> But in religious songs, i always have a very strong urge to mess
>with the
>> sounds of the words by blending together pronounciations from
>different
>> accents.  Which sometimes makes people look at me strangely :)
>You have whetted my curiosity.  What do these accents sound like when
>you
>start messing with them?
>
>- andrew.
Here's an example, from the last stanza of the song _Yedid Nefesh_:
(this is as close as i can figure out to the sounds)

In Modern Israeli accent:

[higale na ufros xavivi alaj et sukat Slomexa
 tair erets mikvodexa nagila v@nism@xa v@xa]

In an American Diasporan Ashkenazic accent:

[higOlej nO ufrojs xavivi Olaj Es sukas SlojmExO
 tOir ErEts mikvojdExO nOgilO v@nism@xO v@xO]

In a Syrian accent:

[higgale na uf@ros Habibi 6alaj et sukkat S@lomexa
 ta?ir eres. mik@vodexa nagila v@nism@xa b@xa]
(/6/ = `ayin, /s./ = emphatic /s/.)

In a Reconstructed Ancient Hebrew accent:

[higgOle nO uf@ros Havivi 6Olaj eT sukkaT S@lomExO
 tO?ir ErEs. mik@voDExO nOGilO w@niLm@xO v@xO]
(/L/ = lateralized sibilant)


And now, put together like a Frankenstein monster, how i sing it:

[higgOle na uPros HaBiBi 6Olaj es sukas S@lojmExO
 tO?ir ErEts mikvojDExO nOGilO v@nism@xO B@xO]


-Stephen (Steg)

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