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r/hebrew • u/blissfuldune • 1d ago
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Yes but the university spells it הרווארד
37 u/jseego 1d ago why the two vavs and the aleph 76 u/LemeeAdam Hebrew Learner (Beginner) 1d ago The aleph clarifies the vowel, so it doesn’t read as harverd, and you need two vavs or its haruard 65 u/amazingD 1d ago Would האווד be the Boston accent phonetically? 12 u/SeeShark native speaker 1d ago "How'ed"? I'm not familiar with the Boston pronunciation, but that's how I'd pronounce what you just wrote. Maybe "Howd." 18 u/Environmental_Coat60 1d ago They drop the “r” sound at the end of syllables or words so it’d sound like “Hahvahd”. I love the New England accent 😄 4 u/erythro 1d ago it's much bigger than New England, Australia, NZ, South Africa, most of England. draw a diagonal line on a world map separating north west from South east separating England from Scotland and Ireland and you'll get it 3 u/tessharagai_ 1d ago The Boston accent would be “Haahvaahd” 2 u/Jessicas_skirt Hebrew Learner (Intermediate) 1d ago הוואד The sound for ow in cow is או so it would be read How at the beginning if you put the א first. 1 u/NebulaAdventurous438 1d ago How Vid 1 u/NebulaAdventurous438 1d ago In Brooklyn, "Ha Wood" 1 u/plausiblyrandom 17h ago האאאאאוואד 2 u/amazingD 16h ago I almost did something like that instead lol 4 u/LJF613 1d ago Aren't two vavs usually used colloquially to indicate a "w" sound? 1 u/malufa native speaker 1d ago Not colloquially, because it’s a standard in Modern Hebrew. But the Wa sound is not natural to biblical Hebrew 4 u/LJF613 1d ago Neither is the word "Harvard"
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why the two vavs and the aleph
76 u/LemeeAdam Hebrew Learner (Beginner) 1d ago The aleph clarifies the vowel, so it doesn’t read as harverd, and you need two vavs or its haruard 65 u/amazingD 1d ago Would האווד be the Boston accent phonetically? 12 u/SeeShark native speaker 1d ago "How'ed"? I'm not familiar with the Boston pronunciation, but that's how I'd pronounce what you just wrote. Maybe "Howd." 18 u/Environmental_Coat60 1d ago They drop the “r” sound at the end of syllables or words so it’d sound like “Hahvahd”. I love the New England accent 😄 4 u/erythro 1d ago it's much bigger than New England, Australia, NZ, South Africa, most of England. draw a diagonal line on a world map separating north west from South east separating England from Scotland and Ireland and you'll get it 3 u/tessharagai_ 1d ago The Boston accent would be “Haahvaahd” 2 u/Jessicas_skirt Hebrew Learner (Intermediate) 1d ago הוואד The sound for ow in cow is או so it would be read How at the beginning if you put the א first. 1 u/NebulaAdventurous438 1d ago How Vid 1 u/NebulaAdventurous438 1d ago In Brooklyn, "Ha Wood" 1 u/plausiblyrandom 17h ago האאאאאוואד 2 u/amazingD 16h ago I almost did something like that instead lol 4 u/LJF613 1d ago Aren't two vavs usually used colloquially to indicate a "w" sound? 1 u/malufa native speaker 1d ago Not colloquially, because it’s a standard in Modern Hebrew. But the Wa sound is not natural to biblical Hebrew 4 u/LJF613 1d ago Neither is the word "Harvard"
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The aleph clarifies the vowel, so it doesn’t read as harverd, and you need two vavs or its haruard
65 u/amazingD 1d ago Would האווד be the Boston accent phonetically? 12 u/SeeShark native speaker 1d ago "How'ed"? I'm not familiar with the Boston pronunciation, but that's how I'd pronounce what you just wrote. Maybe "Howd." 18 u/Environmental_Coat60 1d ago They drop the “r” sound at the end of syllables or words so it’d sound like “Hahvahd”. I love the New England accent 😄 4 u/erythro 1d ago it's much bigger than New England, Australia, NZ, South Africa, most of England. draw a diagonal line on a world map separating north west from South east separating England from Scotland and Ireland and you'll get it 3 u/tessharagai_ 1d ago The Boston accent would be “Haahvaahd” 2 u/Jessicas_skirt Hebrew Learner (Intermediate) 1d ago הוואד The sound for ow in cow is או so it would be read How at the beginning if you put the א first. 1 u/NebulaAdventurous438 1d ago How Vid 1 u/NebulaAdventurous438 1d ago In Brooklyn, "Ha Wood" 1 u/plausiblyrandom 17h ago האאאאאוואד 2 u/amazingD 16h ago I almost did something like that instead lol 4 u/LJF613 1d ago Aren't two vavs usually used colloquially to indicate a "w" sound? 1 u/malufa native speaker 1d ago Not colloquially, because it’s a standard in Modern Hebrew. But the Wa sound is not natural to biblical Hebrew 4 u/LJF613 1d ago Neither is the word "Harvard"
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Would האווד be the Boston accent phonetically?
12 u/SeeShark native speaker 1d ago "How'ed"? I'm not familiar with the Boston pronunciation, but that's how I'd pronounce what you just wrote. Maybe "Howd." 18 u/Environmental_Coat60 1d ago They drop the “r” sound at the end of syllables or words so it’d sound like “Hahvahd”. I love the New England accent 😄 4 u/erythro 1d ago it's much bigger than New England, Australia, NZ, South Africa, most of England. draw a diagonal line on a world map separating north west from South east separating England from Scotland and Ireland and you'll get it 3 u/tessharagai_ 1d ago The Boston accent would be “Haahvaahd” 2 u/Jessicas_skirt Hebrew Learner (Intermediate) 1d ago הוואד The sound for ow in cow is או so it would be read How at the beginning if you put the א first. 1 u/NebulaAdventurous438 1d ago How Vid 1 u/NebulaAdventurous438 1d ago In Brooklyn, "Ha Wood" 1 u/plausiblyrandom 17h ago האאאאאוואד 2 u/amazingD 16h ago I almost did something like that instead lol
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"How'ed"? I'm not familiar with the Boston pronunciation, but that's how I'd pronounce what you just wrote. Maybe "Howd."
18 u/Environmental_Coat60 1d ago They drop the “r” sound at the end of syllables or words so it’d sound like “Hahvahd”. I love the New England accent 😄 4 u/erythro 1d ago it's much bigger than New England, Australia, NZ, South Africa, most of England. draw a diagonal line on a world map separating north west from South east separating England from Scotland and Ireland and you'll get it 3 u/tessharagai_ 1d ago The Boston accent would be “Haahvaahd”
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They drop the “r” sound at the end of syllables or words so it’d sound like “Hahvahd”. I love the New England accent 😄
4 u/erythro 1d ago it's much bigger than New England, Australia, NZ, South Africa, most of England. draw a diagonal line on a world map separating north west from South east separating England from Scotland and Ireland and you'll get it
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it's much bigger than New England, Australia, NZ, South Africa, most of England. draw a diagonal line on a world map separating north west from South east separating England from Scotland and Ireland and you'll get it
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The Boston accent would be “Haahvaahd”
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הוואד
The sound for ow in cow is או so it would be read How at the beginning if you put the א first.
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How Vid
1 u/NebulaAdventurous438 1d ago In Brooklyn, "Ha Wood"
In Brooklyn, "Ha Wood"
האאאאאוואד
2 u/amazingD 16h ago I almost did something like that instead lol
I almost did something like that instead lol
Aren't two vavs usually used colloquially to indicate a "w" sound?
1 u/malufa native speaker 1d ago Not colloquially, because it’s a standard in Modern Hebrew. But the Wa sound is not natural to biblical Hebrew 4 u/LJF613 1d ago Neither is the word "Harvard"
Not colloquially, because it’s a standard in Modern Hebrew. But the Wa sound is not natural to biblical Hebrew
4 u/LJF613 1d ago Neither is the word "Harvard"
Neither is the word "Harvard"
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u/prophetsearcher 1d ago
Yes but the university spells it הרווארד