tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399693.post620813892654627064..comments2023-10-21T06:57:58.670-04:00Comments on E-Pression: BoovsZorakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411945910499314306noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399693.post-91075807117655610012007-06-23T00:00:00.000-04:002007-06-23T00:00:00.000-04:00Well, all right, I'll start it off.I just wanted t...Well, all right, I'll start it off.<BR/><BR/>I just wanted to note that the b-to-v consonant identity is common to several languages; e.g. Hebrew, where the language is known to its speakers as "Ivrit"; or Castilian, where the regnal lists show kings called in some versions "Bermudo" and in others "Vermudo." <BR/><BR/>In Castilian, an initial "v" is pronounced as a hard "b," so that that particular king's name is pronounced the same no matter which way you spell it. The name of the city "Valladolid" is pronuounced "Bah-yah-doh-LEETH." And so it goes.<BR/><BR/>Now, I've never thought, personally, that "b" and "v" sound at all alike. But, out of the mouths of baves....Cacciaguidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05247316631301844786noreply@blogger.com