[Avodah] The halachically correct way to spell "Harvey"

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 31/08/17 19:08, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> "Harvey" is easy. Not like "John", with that/dzh/  thing for the "j".

The J sound comes up a lot more in Mediterranean names, so the Sefardi 
teshuvot discuss it.   IIRC in Italy, where the local language spells 
that sound "GI", the same convention arose in Hebrew, and in gittin it 
was spelt gimel yud.

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