Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Baby Hebrew Problems

Head ache in Hebrew is כאב ראש K4eV Ro45

In case there are any Hebrew transliteration apologist who try to explain away all the head aches, I have listed the immense and crippling effects of baby Hebrew. Why is this relevant? Because I care, and I don't think there is a good reason anyone should have to suffer. Simply put "adopt baby Hebrew, adopt baby Hebrew problems". We know what baby Hebrew problems are. I love discussing this topic because I know Hebrew can be a very easy language. Question: Is the perceived difficulty of Hebrew just a transliteration incompatibility or problem? I would argue the answer is yes! The entire perceived difficulty is nothing but a broken foundation. Consider the following

Baby Hebrew has
2 silent letters

2 V's

2 KH's

2 T's

2 K's

2 S's

Baby Hebrew suffers from immense disadvantages such as the following
*Reliance on IPA symbols
*need to download special fonts with transliteration
*Reliance on the shift key
*takes five times as long to do something as simple as look up a word in the dictionary.
*increased spelling errors due to ambiguity
*just plain difficulty spelling
*quadrupled memory load
*difficulty memorizing verbal patterns or conjugating due to silent letters and seemingly ignoring syllabalification. For instance the names of the verbs are broken. Paal instead of Pa7aL ect, ect...
*broken root system also due to ambiguity: (works at only 60%efficiency)

Hebrew can take months instead of years to learn. It's difficulty is just an illusion and is entirely a result of incompatible vowel points and sweeping letters under the rug. Romanization is always going to be a necessity. Baby Hebrew way brings baby Hebrew problems. Mnemonic Hebrew is free of all these disadvantages. The numbers may seem foreign but they will be your best friends when you recognize them as your allies there to cut the time it takes to look up and acquire new words.

Learn your Hebrew homophones: http://youtu.be/F2modf_2zIo

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