[Heb-NACO] Romanization Question

[Robert M. TALBOTT]

Hi Smadar

Looking in ES, the romanization is given as "pesifas," with a citation
from Avot. My two cents on the matter is that though this is a loan
word, it's been in the language long enough to be naturalized.

When in doubt, check the HCM:
http://online.sfsu.edu/biella/HCM2/hcm.html.  Click on  "Hebrew and
Yiddish romanization" then scroll down to "Foreign loan words." We are
apparently no longer obliged to check Alcalay, though it's still of
use.

Bob





On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 11:01 AM, sshtuhl <sshtuhl at upenn.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a question about the word פסיפס, which is originated from Greek. As a
> foreign-loan word it should be Romanized as 'psefas' but in entries it
> appears as 'pesefas'. Does anyone have any thoughts on this discrepancy?
> Thanks,
> Smadar
>
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