On Mon, 20 May 2002, Uri Bruck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is false. You simply do not know the history of the Hebrew language > and the Hebrew alphabet. Hebrew was never dead. It was used among Jewish > communities. Nikud came into use during the 9th-10th cent. You think > anyone would have bothered inventing it for a dead alphabet?
"Used inside closed communities" does not really qualify as alive. > And the Hebrew alphbet also serves Yiddish and Ladino, quite creatively. So? Should we post in Yiddish or Ladino? Or did you have a point? > I'm a language professional, and you might do well not to post nonesense > about things you know nothing about. oooooh, please don't hurt me mister language professional I'm weally weally sowwy > Computers are supposed to serve us, not the other way around. And notice that my rant about how Hebrew alphabet is stupid did not mention computers. Learn to read. Or do language professionals learn only how to write? ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
