Iyov on the NRSV
Catch this post on the NRSV: Using copyright to protect against sexism. And tell us how to pronounce your name, Iyov. Lingamish wants to know. (I do to but I didn't want to admit that I don't know.) Lingamish writes,
posted by Suzanne McCarthy at 12:07 AM
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OK. I'm sure I'm missing something basic here and will end up looking like an idiot, but hey! it won't be the first time! (nor the last, I reckon)...
...but I would have guessed that Iyov rhymes with "Jove", except in a Web 2.0 kind of way, "eYove".
Or is the v/n some intentional Greek-Hebrew interchange kind of thing, in a sort of Joseph Yahuda, Hebrew is Greek, sort of way???
Puzzledly yrs, David Reimer
I don't know, David, you have to ask Lingamish, but I got to thinking it must rhyme with "he drove" so I'm with you on this.
Then I thought maybe Lingamish meant Yvonne/Yvon - maybe a new Russian emperor - Yvonne the great!
I imagine Iyov will turn up and help us out. When he has solved the gimmel thing.
I think I know the answer, which is actually written all across his blog. Consider which is Iyov's favourite language and which is his favourite Bible character. But I won't spoil the fun by giving the answer here.
Just so, Peter! My "Web 2.0" rhyme was the closest I could come without spelling it out (as it were!). Thus my puzzlement....
David,
The way I see it is that you are right and the rest of us just have a warped sense of humour.
It appears to me that Lingamish must be using a cursive handwriting font on his computer (or perhaps an actual person to write out the contents of the screen) and thus is unable to distinguish between a "v" and a "n".
Try here for pronunciation of "Iyov."
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