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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We should question the wisdom of the rules for Romanizing anything, and in particular, proper nouns, that result in the librarian-produced Romanization being
different than what users use. If users of our metadata refer to the “Gra”, one needs a rule that results in that as the form in our catalogs. Calling some the “Gera” when everyone else refers to the “Gra” will results is everyone call librarians “obsolete”.
Making up names for things that no one else uses is the most efficient way to convince managers that they don’t need our systematic metadata.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If a rule results in a wrong Romanization, than the rule is wrong and should be changed to one that reflects the actual pronunciation. One should also remember
that Hebrew as spoken in Eretz Yisrael is evolving rather fast, and that a large part of the population (including non-Ashkenazim, late 20<sup>th</sup> century immigrants from the former Soviet Union and Hareidim) are probably affecting the pronunciation.
If we really insist on Romanization in our metadata, it should reflect modern spoken Israeli Hebrew rather than some rules dreamed up years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section.
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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 [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+akup=loc.gov@lists.osu.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Yossi Galron<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 31, 2017 3:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hebrew Name Authority Funnel<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Heb-NACO] source of romanization: Gera?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Once it was established that the abbreviation of Gaon Rabi Eliyahu (<span lang="HE" dir="RTL">גאון רבי אליהו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) is accepted as a pronounced word, it follows the rules of the Hebrew grammar,
and the Gimmel gets a sheva na (Sheva be-rosh milah hu Sheva na =<span lang="HE" dir="RTL">שווא בראש מלה הוא שווא נע</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschläger<br>
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><br>
Tel.: (614) 292-3362, Fax: (614)292-1918<br>
Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature: <a href="http://go.osu.edu/hebrewlit" target="_blank">
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Shinohara, Jasmin <<a href="mailto:jshino@pobox.upenn.edu" target="_blank">jshino@pobox.upenn.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">גר"א</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL">
</span>in the title and finding the romanization Gera. I’m wondering what the source is for this (mis?)romanization; it does not appear in E-Sh. or Alkalai (or in the Romanization FAQ). I tried searching the Heb-NACO archives, to no avail. Anybody have ideas?
Why is it not just Gra?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks, Jasmin<o:p></o:p></p>
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