Card, what does the *H* stand for in Jesus H. Christ? Actually, it works out quite well, probably less blasphemous to use that name or pronunciation when people intend to do just that.
On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:57 PM, "cardemais...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: The original Hebraic name of Jesus is yehoshua (~yeah-haw-shoe-ah*; Aramaic: yeshua). We think in most European countries, the spelling of his name is based on the Latin Iesus/Jesus. In Latin the phonetic value of I- / J- corresponds to that of the English y, as in yes. We believe, during King James, even the English pronunciation of J was like the Latin I/J. I wonder if Jesus would be less popular in the US of A, were his name pronounced in accordance with the Latin, yeah-soos. IMO, that sounds quite a lot "wussier" than Jesus! * Mostly, the accent in Hebrew is on the last syllable. That word is, we think, a so called segolate noun, whose accent is on the syllaba paenultima!
