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

From:Eric Christopherson <eric@...>
Date:Sunday, December 27, 1998, 2:59
Steg Belsky wrote:
> > I think i just realized why "Passover" sounds strange to me as i > mentioned in a previous email...it's probably the [E@] / [e@] in "pass".
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.