Mark T. Tomczak on Nostr: npub1hvzjv…qmle9 npub1efjtx…pffnh Whenever I encounter an issue like this, I'm ...

npub1hvzjvzfmclu5l5zk65fxye5cgt7e0qvs6rcn60z72v9hy79mmpzq4qmle9 (npub1hvz…mle9) npub1efjtx2dyeudu3tz7csskp8n0wrprmfxvlu03gepr5x0rrtpskfas5pffnh (npub1efj…ffnh) Whenever I encounter an issue like this, I'm baffled why the original translators didn't use cognates to represent the missing meaningful sounds not captured by the base Phoenician-derived alphabet instead of diacriticals. I guess because the transliteration started in the era of paper?

Even still, it feels like the transliterators made the rules; they could have made more convenient ones.