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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If it is a personal name, why shouldn’t it be Romanized based on the person’s preference. As an example, my surname can be pronounced with the “u” being pronounced as an “oo”(</span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Aharoni;color:#1F497D'>וּ</span><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=HE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span dir=LTR></span> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>) sound (which is how I pronounce it) or as a short “u” (an “uh” sound) which is how many people pronounce it, as an “ee” sound (as my grandfather would have pronounced it in Europe, reflecting how Yiddish pronounces </span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Aharoni;color:#1F497D'>וּ</span><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=HE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span dir=LTR></span> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>). Why should we transliterate based on a pronounciation for a name that the person with the name never used? --Aaron </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> heb-naco-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:heb-naco-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph Galron-Goldschlaeger<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 23, 2014 2:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> heb-naco<br><b>Subject:</b> [Heb-NACO] Galili vs. Gelili<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Several years ago we had the issue of the correct transliteration of the name<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:red'> <span lang=HE dir=RTL>גלילי</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There is an historical overview and explanation in the last issue of <a href="http://onegshabbat.blogspot.com/2014/03/blog-post_2267.html">Oneg Shabbat</a>, a blog by Prof. David Asaf of Tel Aviv University<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://onegshabbat.blogspot.com/2014/03/blog-post_2267.html">http://onegshabbat.blogspot.com/2014/03/blog-post_2267.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yossi<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=223 height=45 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://osu.edu/assets/site/images/logos/osu-emailsig.png" alt="The Ohio State University"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br></span><span style='color:red'>Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschlaeger</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br></span>Head, Hebraica & Jewish Studies Library<span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br></span>355A Thompson Memorial Library<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>The Ohio State University Libraries <br>1858 Neil Ave. Mall<br>Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA<br>Tel.: (614) 292-3362, Fax: (614)292-1918<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Mobile: (614) 285-4290</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>E-Mail: <a href="mailto:galron.1@osu.edu" target="_blank">galron.1@osu.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:jgalron@gmail.com" target="_blank">jgalron@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>URL: <a href="http://library.osu.edu/about/departments/jewish-studies/" target="_blank">http://library.osu.edu/about/departments/jewish-studies/</a><br>Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature:<br><a href="http://go.osu.edu/hebrewlit" target="_blank">http://go.osu.edu/hebrewlit</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>