U and E

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Sun Jun 16 10:23:42 EDT 2002


Waldo:

You wrote:

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>Sorry for this easy one, but I have a very limited
>Greek dictionary/lexicon.
>
>What does YILON mean? In the sense that these letters
>are named U YILON and E YILON
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YILON means bear or simple. A simple U or a simple E are
simple in that they are distiguished from other combinations
of vowels with similar sounds.

I was surprised to not find it in Mounce, although I don't know why,
nor did I search too hard (it may be hidden there somewhere).

But Mounce does clarify the rest of the alphabet, note these
comments on pronunciation of U and C:

Upsilon,   U YILON,  u as in German u (two dots above it, of course)
Chi, ch as in loch (note: pronounced with a decided Scottish accent)


In case you haven't taken German, maybe you should
understand u to be pronounced as in the second u in uutiuou, in
the famous Criolu dialect, which as you know is a mix
of Portuguese and West African dialects.

I've studied the Scottish dialects like most of us have, but
I prefer to explain C, not in its relationship to a decided
Scottish accent, but more of a Houuza one.

:o )


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