[Avodah] ancient Ashkenazi Hebrew

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 06:52:43PM -0400, S. wrote:
: All we see from that is the recognition that "Yankel" is a kinnui for
: "Ya'akov," and in trying to fix a proper spelling, the poskim decided
: to prefer an ayin rather than a nun...

If it were reall an issue of kinui, you would have to write both on
the get anyway. No, we're really writing the /n/ of "Yankev" with an
ayin.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha