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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you for the explanation. It does make sense from an authoritative point of view. Quite honestly, as a linguist it is unlikely I would have taken this solution, which in my opinion it doesn’t help the user
at all. However, it is not my call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kol tuv,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Judaica, Hebraica and Metadata Cataloger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">McKeldin Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">University of Maryland<br>
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Phone (301) 405-9337<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="nfrau@umd.edu">nfrau@umd.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>Joan Biella<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 18, 2014 6:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hebrew Name Authority Funnel<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Heb-NACO] Deramah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In the interest of standardizing the romanization of Hebrew words in RDA cataloging, we rely on a couple of authoritative dictionaries.
Specifically, when a word of foreign derivation begins with a consonant plus sheva, following by another vocalized consonant, we consult Alcalay's Milon ʽIvri-Angli shalem (Tel-Aviv : Masadah, 1964). This dictionary usually omits the sheva character in such
words if it is not pronounced. When, for whatever reason, it includes this sheva character, we romanize it as "e," regardless of the pronunciation, so that all catalogers will romanize it similarly.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">This practice is documented in the Hebraica cataloging manual for RDA, which can be consulted at
<a href="http://rascat.pbworks.com/w/page/7836007/FrontPage--it's">http://rascat.pbworks.com/w/page/7836007/FrontPage--it's</a> the first item under "Cataloging--Documentation."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Joan
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Manuel Frau-Cortes <<a href="mailto:nfrau@umd.edu" target="_blank">nfrau@umd.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I am really curious about why
<i>deramah</i> appears as an exception to the sheva in foreign loan words rule. The source (draftHMC p. 20) only cites Alcalay, but I see no explanation there<span lang="ES-TRAD">, other than the word has a
<i>circellus, </i></span>which only means it’s a borrowed word.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Has anybody ever pronounced deh-rah-mah? Does the same rule apply to
<span lang="HE" dir="RTL">דרמטורג, דרמטורגיה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Like in the case of
<i>deruzi</i> / <span lang="HE" dir="RTL">דרוזי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="CA"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>,
</span>I can’t see a reason for this exception. Maybe somebody can explain.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Shabbat shalom,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">McKeldin Library</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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College Park, MD 20742<br>
Phone <a href="tel:%28301%29%20405-9337" target="_blank">(301) 405-9337</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://nfrau@umd.edu" target="_blank">nfrau@umd.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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