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<DIV>In a message dated 10/16/2008 3:55:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
remt@juno.com writes:</DIV>
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size=2><BR> Why is it any more difficult to say "haVU
Godel" than to say, e.g., "beTWEEN MEEtings"?<BR><BR> The
reason you hear "HAvu GOdel" so commonly is because that's what people expect
it to be, and are simply unaware that nasog achor is not applied here.
If we were to judge by what most people say, I would conclude that it's
difficult to pronounce l'EIla and sh'maYA in kaddish, since most people say
l'eiLA and sh'MAya. <BR><BR>EMT<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>>>><BR>A lot of years ago I took a linguistics course in
college and I have forgotten almost everything but I do remember that there are
not only two choices -- stressed and unstressed syllables. There is also
such a thing as a lightly stressed syllable. Typically a four-syllable
word (or a two-word phrase like "between meetings") has one stressed syllable
and one lightly stressed syllable and two unstressed syllables. Like
"information" -- "in" is lightly stressed, "ma" takes the main stress.
"Between meetings" -- "tween" is lightly stressed, "meet" has the main stress.
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<DIV>I have no idea whether this is true in Hebrew as well, but I do know that
it would be hard to place equal stress on each stressed syllable in normal
speech, unless you deliberately slowed your speech. Of course leining is not
normal speech, it is more like song. However whenever I wade into Mesorah
waters I am always sorry because my level of knowledge and expertise qualify me
-- at best -- to be a lurker. I am always abashed when people actually
respond to my mesorah maunderings.</DIV>
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