Re: [FairfieldLife] Jew or Yew??

2013-09-01 Thread Mike Dixon 
And Yeshua (Hebrew name of Jesus) should be Jai Shiva.

 


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Just learned that during King James' time the letter 'j' had the phonetic
value of modern English 'y' as in 'yes'.

So, should Jehova rather be 'yehova'? By the same token, 'jew' should
perhaps rather be 'yew'. That doesn't, of course, meant that you should
be 'yew'

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jew or Yew??

2013-09-01 Thread Share Long 
carde, in the Celtic tradition, just to throw another one in the pot, the yew 
tree is a symbol of death and resurrection.





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Just learned that during King James' time the letter 'j' had the phonetic
value of modern English 'y' as in 'yes'.

So, should Jehova rather be 'yehova'? By the same token, 'jew' should
perhaps rather be 'yew'. That doesn't, of course, meant that you should
be 'yew'

[FairfieldLife] Jew or Yew??

2013-09-01 Thread cardemaister