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amother

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 2:30 pm

Yehuda or Jehuda,
Ezra or Esra,
Zippora or Tzipora?
etc

Ruchel

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 2:32 pm

Yehuda for Hebrew, Juda (I think?) for the secular
Ezra.
Tsipora

Chocoholic

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 2:34 pm

Jehuda, Jehoeda or Yehuda
Tzipora, Tsipora, Tsippora

It really depends WHERE you live Smile

amother

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 2:36 pm

OP

German speaking country

Chocoholic

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 2:41 pm

So it would be Jehuda & Tzipora or Tsipora (some people use double p, but I find that ugly).

amother

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 2:52 pm

Chocoholic wrote:

So it would be Jehuda & Tzipora or Tsipora (some people use double p, but I find that ugly).

yeah, I know how it SHOULD be spelled, but I wonder if people REALLY do german spelling or is it rather english spelling, so that it would not look weird for an English speaker?

Or do they avoid names with alternative spelling?
Again do they do Schimon or Shimon? Etc.

I know of someone who used English spelling even though lived in Germany.

amother

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 2:56 pm

To be honest, they don't do English spelling more than English people do German spelling. It would be pretty random.

baba

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 3:09 pm

German speaking countries definately use a J and not a y. I think the s z you see both.

sarahd

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 3:24 pm

amother wrote:

OP

German speaking country

Jehuda or Jehudo, Zipora and Esra. Also Jossi, Jissochor, Jochewed, Zwi and Schmuel. And can you transliterate Meusche for me? LOL

amother

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 3:57 pm

sarahd wrote:

amother wrote:

OP

German speaking country

Jehuda or Jehudo, Zipora and Esra. Also Jossi, Jissochor, Jochewed, Zwi and Schmuel. And can you transliterate Meusche for me? LOL

lol!!!
does anyone really do Meusche? Or Esra? Does it not look weird? The germans actually do kevin not Kewin and Jennifer not Dtschennifer =)

Chocoholic

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 4:09 pm

Don't go toooo far amother LOL

Maybe look at the address or membership list of the shul to get an idea Wink

beshaa tova!

sarahd

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 4:17 pm

amother wrote:

sarahd wrote:

amother wrote:

OP

German speaking country

Jehuda or Jehudo, Zipora and Esra. Also Jossi, Jissochor, Jochewed, Zwi and Schmuel. And can you transliterate Meusche for me? LOL

lol!!!
does anyone really do Meusche? Or Esra? Does it not look weird? The germans actually do kevin not Kewin and Jennifer not Dtschennifer =)

Yes to both Meusche and Esra and no, why should it look weird to someone who reads German and not English? Kevin and Jennifer are English names, so they get spelled the English way. Moshe and Ezra aren't English, so why should the English spelling trump the German one in a German-speaking country?

Having said all the above, children with one British or American parent often do use the English spelling of their names.

amother

Mon, Jun 28 2010, 4:36 pm

sarahd wrote:

amother wrote:

sarahd wrote:

amother wrote:

OP

German speaking country

Jehuda or Jehudo, Zipora and Esra. Also Jossi, Jissochor, Jochewed, Zwi and Schmuel. And can you transliterate Meusche for me? LOL

lol!!!
does anyone really do Meusche? Or Esra? Does it not look weird? The germans actually do kevin not Kewin and Jennifer not Dtschennifer =)

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