Re: PS- Passover and Easter , Pe'saj and Pascua

Steg Belsky wrote:
> >Is that a strange sound to you? Around here, it would be /p&sovr=/.
> >Doesn't sound strange to me. However, I don't like the sound of
> >"Pesach" if it is accented on the first syllable. I always thought it
> >was on the second, but the Spanish version would seem to show
> >otherwise.
>
> It's not the [E@] / [e@] sound itself which sounds strange to me, it
> sounds strange used in the word "Passover"....probably because it's a
> very English-language sound put onto a Jewish holiday.  Pesach is
> pronounced (depending on the accent) ['pesax] or ['pesaH], just in case
> it sounded weird to you because of using a [tS] sound for the {ch}.
I always figured it was /pe'sax/ for some reason. That sounds good to
me. :D I think I'm just more used to hearing Hebrew words with final
accent.