Sam2 -“Health: What pronunciation did they change? Are you referring to S’fardi Havara?”
Don’t you think it’s strange for s/o who isn’t Sefardi to make up a language based on their Havara? The reason why he did it because he didn’t want the New language (Ivrit) to have anything to do with the old (LK). The same reason he made up words that wasn’t needed -like Shairootim for Bais Hakeesay. This might not be a good example because Shairootim might be slang, not original Ivrit. So here is another example -Dayog -Fisherman. The way to say this in LK is probably Odom Sheoichaiz Dagim (Bemetzoida).
He created new words for his new language. Yes, it’s based on LK, but it’s a new language and it has No Kedusha. It’s probably better to speak English than Ivrit. At least English wasn’t created by a Koifer!