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Ruchel
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 Sat, Mar 20 2010, 5:55 pm
How do you write Meylech (either may or my), as opposed to (Eli)melech?
Chil as opposed to (Ye)chiel?
also, Hersh vs Hirsh?
thank you!
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life'sgreat
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Sat, Mar 20 2010, 11:25 pm
| Ruchel wrote: | How do you write Meylech (either may or my), as opposed to (Eli)melech?
Chil as opposed to (Ye)chiel?
also, Hersh vs Hirsh?
thank you! |
Meilech
I've never heard of Chil, but did hear of Chilli
Hersh
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hadasa
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Sat, Mar 20 2010, 11:32 pm
| Ruchel wrote: | How do you write Meylech (either may or my), as opposed to (Eli)melech?
Chil as opposed to (Ye)chiel?
also, Hersh vs Hirsh?
thank you! |
It depends in which context I'm writing it. Usually, one would spell Meilech just like Melech, since it's just a variant pronunciation, like Seider, Peisach, Seifer, Cheider.
If I would want to stress the ay/ai pronunciation, I would put in two yuds after the mem. Some people would add an Ayin after the Lamed, I personally wouldn't.
If a person is called "Chil", in all likelihood he would always spell out the full name in writing, again, unless the purpose is to stress the variant pronunciation, in which case you would write ches, yud, lamed, probably with an apostrophe in the beginning.
Hersh with an Ayin, Hirsh with a yud.
Since Yiddish spelling has varied throughout the generations, and also from community to community, you may find people with different opinions.
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hadasa
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Sat, Mar 20 2010, 11:35 pm
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Whoops, after seeing the post before me - what language were you asking about?
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chaylizi
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Sun, Mar 21 2010, 12:03 am
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my parents spelled it Hirsch (AFAIK there aren't 2 names hirsch, no matter how they are spelled- it's the yiddish version of tzvi)
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Ruchel
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Sun, Mar 21 2010, 6:24 am
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lol of course I ask in Hebrew letters (hence "Yiddish vs Hebrew)...
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life'sgreat
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Sun, Mar 21 2010, 12:35 pm
| Ruchel wrote: | How do you write Meylech (either may or my), as opposed to (Eli)melech?
Chil as opposed to (Ye)chiel?
also, Hersh vs Hirsh?
thank you! |
AFAIK when it's written in Hebrew alpha, it's almost always written the original way, Elimelech. I just spoke to someone whose husband is called Meilech. She says in Hebrew alpha he writes Elimelech as there is no way to write it that looks ok.
חילי
הערש הירש
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life'sgreat
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Sun, Mar 21 2010, 2:01 pm
| Ruchel wrote: | | What about טיילך? |
You meant to write a /mem/, right?
That's what she said. That technically that's how it's spelled in Yiddish, but it looks so weird that he either writes אלימלך or writes it in English.
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Ruchel
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Sun, Mar 21 2010, 2:05 pm
Oy, should type less quickly LOL
Ok, now I understand.
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