[Heb-NACO] Romanization Question

[Barry Walfish]

Actually, in my ES it's pesefas. But I think itshould be treated like psikhologyah or psikhiatriyah, i.e., psefas.
My two cents.

Barry

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From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+barry.walfish=utoronto.ca at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Robert M. TALBOTT
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 10:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] Romanization Question

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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