Re: new Even-Shoshan romanizations

[Stanley Nachamie]

How does the Even-Shoshan editor(s) decide to change vocalizations?
It used to be that "educated people" would say "mahazor," and the pronunciation 
"mahzor" was looked down upon.
Is the explanation that Even-Shoshan is "descriptive" rather than 
"prescriptive"?
Is the Academy of the Hebrew Language (I'm not sure what the exact name is) 
somehow involved in this?

Thank you.

-Stanley Nachamie
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

P.S. I'm currently looking for a new job involving cataloging and/or authority 
control in the Greater NYC area.  Please send me any leads.  Thank you. 


--- On Fri, 1/11/08, Joan C Biella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Joan C Biella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: new Even-Shoshan romanizations
> To: heb-naco@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Friday, January 11, 2008, 8:44 AM
> Yesterday the LC Hebraica Team sent the Cataloging Policy
> and Support Office a list of words from the 2003 edition of
> Even-Shoshan's dictionary.  These are words which show
> different romanizations in that edition from those in
> earlier editions.  In accordance with our policy of
> following the latest edition available, we will now
> implement these new romanizations in Hebraica Team
> cataloging.
> 
> The list is attached to this message as a Word document. 
> It is also posted on the AJL Cataloging Committee's
> wiki at http://rascat.pbwiki.com/Discrepancies, under the
> title "List of New Hebrew Romanizations To  Be
> Implemented by LC, Jan. 2008."  This list now precedes
> on the webpage the shorter one submitted earlier by Jasmin
> Nof.  The first column shows the romanization of words in
> 1997 edition, the second column shows the romanization in
> the 2003 edition, and the third column gives the number of
> instances of the old romanizations found recently in the LC
> database.
> 
> CPSO will make the corrections to the affected records,
> since in several cases there are hundreds of instances of
> the old romanizations in the LC database.  Because Hebraica
> cataloging staff will not be making the changes, it's
> possible that a few errors may be made.  If you find an
> error involving one of these words in an LC record, please
> notify me and I will correct it.
> 
> At the moment, it's not possible at LC to do keyword
> searches in the authority file.  Until we acquire this
> capability, probably in the spring of this year, we'll
> correct headings with the old romanizations on an
> as-encountered basis.  NACO Hebraica participants and
> Funnel members, please do the same if you find such
> headings. 
> 
> As we continue to catalog, we will no doubt find other
> words in the newer Even-Shoshan editions which need
> correction in our databases.  Please post a message to
> Heb-NACO if you find such a case, and we'll update the
> LC records and the list in the wiki.
> 
> Thank you!
> Joan