[B-Greek] pronunciation survey

John David Schwandt jschwandt at nsa.edu
Mon May 19 17:49:50 EDT 2003


I have noticed a number of various Erasmian pronunciation systems 
mentioned by subscribers to this list.  I'm curious as to how much 
variation there is within the academic pronunciation.  For anyone 
interested, I would like to perform an off list survey of different 
styles of the academic pronunciation.  I will compile the data and in 
about a week post a link to the results.  To make the survey as simple 
as possible, I will use the pronunciation style which I learned in 
seminary as the default.  This should not imply that it is the 
"standard".  If this sort of statistical information is already 
available somewhere please let me know.

Questions: (Respond off-list)
1) Where did you learn how to pronounce Greek?
2) What text did you use?
3) How does your pronunciation differ from the model listed below? 
(Please, only variations of the academic Greek pronunciation)

Letter and example of sound
A - father
B - boy
G - girl
D - dog
E - pet
Z - zoo
H - cake
Q - theater
I - sit
K - kick
L - lamb
M - music
N - noon
X - tax
O - odd
P - pipe
R - rag
S - simple
T - time
U - flute
F - phone
C -Bach
Y - sips
W - oat




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