Question regarding Shakespeare:
In Hebrew there are several ways to transcribe Shakespeare:

שקספיר
שייקספיר
שיקספיר
שעקספיר
שכספיר
שייכספיר

Usually we romanize his name to:  Shekspir

How would you romanize שייקספיר? Will it be Shaikspir?

Yossi


Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschlaeger
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