Dropped H

• The H sound has pretty much disappeared from modern Hebrew, though it still appears in transliterations. Signs at number 19 bus stops list the destination as "HAR HATSOFIM" (Mt Scopus), but this is pronounced "ahr ahtsofeem."
• In the other direction the 19 goes to Ein Kerem Hadassah hospital pronounced "ahdassah."
• Thursday, the fifth day of the week, is called (after the fifth letter of the alphabet) yohm A.

Copyright 2006 Jane S. Fox