[Mesorah] mis-accentuation (was: 'Tis Chanukka)

[Art Werschulz]

Hi.

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> On Dec 19, 2017, at 9:55 PM, Michael Poppers via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
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> Quoth R'Seth, "As with most of dikduk, we are dealing with picayune mistakes.  But a mistake it is, and it grates on my ears."  To which I humbly add, "And that's the EHmes" :).

Heh.

> > vaychulLU, whereas almost everyone says vayCHUlu <
> At least a small part of the problem is that many of our brethren do not know (dare I add, do not care to learn the basics of) ta'amei haMiqra, not just their function in creating phrases but their function as accents.  Maybe hQbH will grant me the koach & my local school will someday let me teach t'amim to the young'uns ....

That would be a good thing.

> > many places where people mispronounce ... a couple of places almost everyone makes a mistake <
> C'mon, R'Seth, don't hold back -- tell us how you really feel :).

Some (much?) of this can be blamed on the tunes we Ashqenazim use (at least the ones I know).  Take the tunes for Hallel, for instance.

Art Werschulz
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