Robert Wheelock wrote:

> The standard version of this letter name uses the
> *alef sort* (a half-ring handle open to its left) as
> well as an *f*, but I've seen *f*, *ph*, *p[macron]*,
> *p[underbar]*, *p[bar]*, a Greek *phi* being used for
> final *feh*...

Use <f> when transliterating Aramaic (and Arabic of course), because p/f
is phonemic there, but <p> or <p-> (p with overbar) or <ph> for Hebrew,
because it isn't.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...