I am still convinced that the name should be Shelomik (and not Shlomik) - it is a nickname for Shelomoh. and Yes it should be Hedvah u-Shelomik
Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschlaeger Head, Hebraica & Jewish Studies Library 355A Thompson Memorial Library The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Ave. Mall Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA E-Mail: galro...@osu.edu or jgal...@gmail.com Tel.: (614) 292-3362, Fax: (614)292-1918 URL: http://library.osu.edu/about/departments/jewish-studies/ Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature: http://hebrewlit.notlong.com On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Jasmin Nof <j...@umd.edu> wrote: > Hmmm. The title in question is a Hebrew DVD (חדווה ושלומיק, an Israeli TV > series from 1971, > http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%93%D7%95%D7%95%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A7), > where the name is clearly a forename. > Sounds like I should go with (u-)Shlomik. for the 245 and add (u-)Shloymik. > in a 246. Unless Zachary thinks the opposite? > > Jasmin > > Robert Talbott wrote: >> >> How you romanize it depends on it's context, assuming it's derived from >> Shelomoh (and I do). >> >> Thus, from the FAQ >> >> "The statement in HCM (p. 23) that "a distinctively Yiddish name in >> a Hebrew context may be romanized as Yiddish" occurs in a section >> headed "Hebrew personal names in Yiddish," and is intended to refer only to >> forenames, as the example shows. LC does not romanize *surnames* a la >> Yiddish unless they occur in Yiddish contexts, as the next example on p. 23 >> (Rozenshteyn vs. Rozenshtain) shows." >> >> So, Shlomik for a forename in any context, Shlomik for surname in a >> Yiddish context, or Shelomik for a surname in a Hebrew context. >> >> Shlomik vs. Shloymik. I guess that it's pronounced Shloymik (Zachary?) >> following the pattern of Shoymeh and Moysheh, but I'd go with Shlomik >> anyhow. I favor simpler romanization when there is no specific >> prescription. >> >> >> Jasmin Nof wrote: >> >>> >>> I think it's a derivative of Shelomoh, so should it be Shelomik.? Or, >>> because it's nickname, Shlomik.? (or Shloymik.?) >>> >>> Please advise, thanks, Jasmin >>> >>> >
