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Re: names that are not written
The male name "Noah", as in the man who built the ark, is in Hebrew NO-ach. (For the "ch" pronounciation, I can only quote Phyllis:
"it's almost like you are about to do a very unladylike spit, very guttoral")The female "Noah", the daughter of Zelophehad, is NO-ah.
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Thanks for the information, Shay. Being German, I'm used to producing unladylike spit sounds. ;-)
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you're welcome :-)I think it's a shame that this sound doesn't exist in English.
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It does, but without being a part of a word. :rolleyes:
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Well, the Scottish have it, don't they? Like in "loch", for example?
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The Irish have it, too. I'm not sure if the Welsh or linguistic members of the Celtic branch have that particular sound. *shrug* I believe Russian and some of the members of the Slavic languages have the same sound (Alexander? Any input?)Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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