[etni] Spelling of place names

  • From: David & Miriam Wapner <dmwapner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:48:14 +0300

Who allowed these incompetent imbecile sign makers to dictate to English 
speakers how to spell names of people places or things? What the hey is 
Mishmar Dawid, Hefa, Elqana, Zur Hadasa, Zora or Newe Yaqow?  A /sh/ is not 
a /ch/. A /k/ is not a /q/. A /v/ is not a /w/  etc. etc. etc.
"We're not in Qanzas anymore" :) 

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