On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > They are hard because they have really "never" seen anyone puts Kasre in > > personal names. Neither do I. It "is" sometimes pronounced but almost > > never written. > > I have a theory. I think if the surname sounds better as a possessive > (of or belonging to a place, tribe, etc) we tend to pronounce a kasra, > and if a surname is a profession or reputation we tend not to. > > You would say Omar Khayyam and also say Hafez-e Shirazi.
Hafez-e Shirazi here is not a person's first and last name. Doesn't count. But I'm trying to get my rules writter too. --behdad behdad.org _______________________________________________ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
