I think tradition is the best term to use. The real issue is one of 'identification' than anything else. Modern Hebrew and the State of Israel uses the Sephardic pronunciation, i.e. the T sound. I'm a traditionalist who believes that there's a difference in the sounds for a good reason and throwing one sound out just to identify with Israel is not enough of a reason. Of course, my doing so simply means I'm following what the Torah says; "Your a stiff necked people". :)
At 02:47 PM 6/6/02, you wrote: >Howie- >you got it backwards. > >The Ashkenazim (Eastern European) are the ones who use >the "S" sound. The Sephardim (North Africal / Middle >Eastern, including Modern Israel), use the "T" sound for >the same letter. > >And I don't know I'd call it a "religion" - there are a >lot of cultural differences >too. "Culture?" "Tradition?" dunno. > >-Ben > >> <cfif religion is "Ashkinazi"> >> Brit >> <cfelse> >> Bris >> </cfif> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 2:33 PM >> Subject: Re: Brit confusion >> >> >> > Oy. >> > >> > I make a joke, and Mikey D turns it into a language >> > lesson. >> > >> > <sigh> >> > (<grin>) >> > >> > -Ben >> > >> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
