Dr_Manhattan comments on Useful Concepts Repository - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 10 June 2013 06:12AM

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Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 13 June 2013 07:37:25PM * 2 points [-]

This gets irony points, since the real (well, modern Hebrew) pronunciation is "Shibolet", and "Shiboleth" would identify you as a foreigner.

Comment author: BerryPick6 14 June 2013 02:20:40PM 1 point [-]

Yes, the original distinction was between "Sibolet" and "Shibolet". "Th" isn't even a sound that exists in Hebrew.