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2009-07-14 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2009-07-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Lots of visitors and Israelis need English signs.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-07-14 06:53|| 2009-07-14 06:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Grom, I've never been. How prevalent is Hebrew usage in Israel? I had been under the impression that it was fairly universal, and that Hebrew had taken more than, say, Gaelic in the Republic of Ireland had.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-07-14 10:26|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-14 10:26|| Front Page Top

#3 There are tourists and new olim. Plus Hebrew writing is, essentially, consonant only. So, sometimes, you've to see a new word (especially names of non-Hebrew origin---common as street names) in English before you can figure pronunciation.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-07-14 11:55|| 2009-07-14 11:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Under the new policy the Holy City will only be identified as Yerushalaim in all three languages.

The names will be written in all three languages, but in Arabic and English will be a transliteration of what the place is called in Hebrew. Thus Israel visibly removes the Arab claim to places.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-07-14 13:13|| 2009-07-14 13:13|| Front Page Top

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