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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Anyone who tries to pronounce anything carefully gets funny looks. You should see the looks I get from the poor people with whom I am davvening shacharis when they hear me actually saying the words in p'suqqei d'zimrah,
forget about my abominable pronunciation. It is as if there is a g'zerat hakkatuv that says you are not supposed to say the words.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">I tend to agree with Groucho/Julius Henry Marx in this matter. To paraphrase, I prefer not to join any shul that would have me as a davvener!<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 20, 2017 1:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> mesorah@lists.aishdas.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mesorah] mis-accentuation (was: 'Tis Chanukka)</font>
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<div class="x_PlainText">Hi.<br>
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> On Dec 20, 2017, at 1:21 PM, Michael Poppers via Mesorah <mesorah@lists.aishdas.org> wrote:<br>
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> RGD asked:<br>
> > anyone have a tune for shir hamaalos before bircas hamazon with some/any/most of the words can be pronounced correctly? <<br>
> I do, but I don't use it very often :).<br>
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It's possible to use the "standard" tune (ABCBAAA,ADEFEDD, and so on) and get the accents right. Possible, but it takes a bit of practice. Besides, you're likely to get some funny looks from people.<br>
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Art Werschulz<br>
agw@comcast.net<br>
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