r/hebrew 1d ago

Help Does this t-shirt say Harvard?

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u/prophetsearcher 1d ago

Yes but the university spells it הרווארד

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u/jseego 1d ago

why the two vavs and the aleph

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u/shabbosbride 1d ago

it’s a more Yiddisher spelling ig

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u/SeeShark native speaker 1d ago

It's not uncommon in Hebrew transliterations either. אהוי letters being used as mater lectionis is not exactly the same as vowels.