[B-Greek] pronunciation survey addition
John Schwandt
JSchwandt at nsa.edu
Tue May 20 13:30:25 EDT 2003
Thank you, to all who have already responded to the pronunciation
survey. Many people kindly included diphthong information which I had
forgotten to place on the survey. So for those who are still planning
to respond, here is the updated survey including diphthongs.
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
Improper Diphthongs
(A, H, W, + iota subscripts) No change in sound
from the initial vowel sound (A, H, W).
Diphthongs
ai - aisle
ei - weight
oi - oil
ui - queen
au - owl
eu - ewe
ou - soup
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