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Subject: Re: Re: Writing from right to left
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I'd comment on your pronunciations, if I knew whose traditions you were 
commenting.Each of the 12 tribes had there own pronunciation, and during
the interveaning years the language has digressed from that. Many 
different minhagim (traditions) exist as to what "correct" pronunciaton.
For example:
	the kamatz is oo as in boot to galitzian descent
	              uh as in but to ashkenazik tradition,
	and is pronounced as 'ah' (hot) by s'phardim.
        the tsadi is ts to ashkenazim
        but an emphatic s/z to a person with teimani roots.
	etc....

Hope to be of assistance.
                           May you never develope a moebius mind,
		              michab 

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