Are you you referring to the Ashkenazi pronunciation of Bukovina,  
Transilvania, Podolia, or Galicia?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jun 23, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Chavoux Luyt wrote:

> Hi Isaac
>
> You wrote:
>> You may be wrong in thinking that different "points" represent  
>> different readings.
>> Spoken Hebrew does not distinguish between a segol and a cere, and  
>> rightly so.
> But this depends on your pronunciation: AFAIK the Azkenazi
> pronunciation do make a distinction between the two. So, this might
> reflect the "original" pronunciation of the time when the nikkud was
> developed.
>
> Regards
> Chavoux Luyt

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