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====Ashkenazi Hebrew accent==== | ====Ashkenazi Hebrew accent==== | ||
When L-English Jews read Hebrew in it, it sounds just like the Ashkenazi accent. Source of "oy vey" (from ''oh woe'' /øɪ vøɪ/) | |||
This is not a specifically Jewish accent, and not all L-English Jews (or even all Ultra-Orthodox Jews) speak it; however, a sizeable community of Ultra-Orthodox Jews speaks this accent. | This is not a specifically Jewish accent, and not all L-English Jews (or even all Ultra-Orthodox Jews) speak it; however, a sizeable community of Ultra-Orthodox Jews speaks this accent. | ||
*/w/ = [v] | */w/ = [v] | ||
*/l/ is always light | */l/ is always light | ||
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[ol hu:mən bijənz əʀ boʀən fʀi: ən i:kwəl ɪn dɪgnɪti ən ʀɑɪts. ðɛɪ əʀ ɪndaʏd wið ʀi:zən ən konʃəns ən ʃʏd akt toʀds won ənʏðəʀ ɪn ə spɪʀɪt əv bʀʏðəχʏd] | [ol hu:mən bijənz əʀ boʀən fʀi: ən i:kwəl ɪn dɪgnɪti ən ʀɑɪts. ðɛɪ əʀ ɪndaʏd wið ʀi:zən ən konʃəns ən ʃʏd akt toʀds won ənʏðəʀ ɪn ə spɪʀɪt əv bʀʏðəχʏd] | ||
===A rhotic accent=== | ===A rhotic accent=== |
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