Peter Kirk scripsit: > But there are other sequences which are > ambiguous between ending in a consonant or a vowel, notably yod > following hiriq, and vav with dagesh which may be shuruq.
Luckily there aren't positional variants of these, however, correct? Both hiriq and shuruq are always centered. > I guess it is for reasons like that that we have > separate final letter forms in Hebrew script, Specifically, in Yiddish -p is written with non-final pe, as I believe is the case in Modern Hebrew also (in borrowings and abbreviations). Elsewhere, Yiddish p is pe-dagesh, whereas f is pe-rafe. > If we do want to distinguish the two positions of holam while > keeping it following the base character, the only way which doesn't land > us in a nasty mess is to define a second variant of holam. So let it be written (using http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n2352-form.html), so let it be done! -- The Imperials are decadent, 300 pound John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> free-range chickens (except they have http://www.reutershealth.com teeth, arms instead of wings and http://www.ccil.org/~cowan dinosaurlike tails). --Elyse Grasso
