On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:54:21 AM UTC+8, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:33:23 -0700, The old geezer wrote:
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> > *you* don't spell it correctly....Sarah for Sara..
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> Well, you got *that* one wrong. Sarah is the usual spelling in the real
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Doh! And I thought it was שָׂרָה and came with the story that Abraham's wife was originally named Sarai but the big JHWH changed it.
Most of Europe, from Denmark to Bosnia, spells the name Sara. Germans prefer a Z initial. Why Englanders have, since the Reformation, liked an orthography with a final h (which they then don't aspirate!) is a mystery.