Re: About Hebrew pronunciation

On Jun 7, 2004, at 6:39 PM, Outo Otus wrote:
> Do both the Askenaziz and Sephardic pronunciations omit the glottal
> stop
> in speech ('alef)?

I think so, generally.  Especially at the beginning of words, where
there's no constrast between 'alef+vowel...' and just plain 'vowel...'
like there is in Arabic.  I think in the middle of words, Ashkenazim
generally ignore it and Sefardim/Mizrahhim i think enunciate it.


-Stephen (Steg)
  "...in your house i long to be
   room by room patiently
   i'll wait for you there
   like a stone
   i'll wait for you there
   alone..."
      ~ 'like a stone' by audioslave