[B-Greek] Greek NT in Audio

Raymond Regalado fwgk5942 at mb.infoweb.ne.jp
Sun Nov 23 19:15:05 EST 2003


On 2003.11.24, at 02:04  AM, Patrick Narkinsky wrote:

> On Nov 23, 2003, at 1:21 AM, Raymond Regalado wrote:
>
>> I am trying to look for readings in Erasmian pronunciation *without* 
>> the American twang -- as a Greek person might pronounce Erasmian 
>> (which is the kind of pronunciation I'm trying to cultivate).
>
> I may be betraying my ignorance here, but I find such a thing 
> impossible to visualize.  The Erasmian pronunciation is contrivedly 
> artificial - why on earth would a Greek person use it?

Hi Patrick.  A Greek person probably would not use Erasmian (at least 
I've never heard of a Greek person using Erasmian).  That's why I wrote 
"as a Greek person MIGHT pronounce..."  It's hypothetical.  Let's say a 
Greek person went to seminary in the USA and his professor taught the 
Erasmian pronunciation.  He'd probably laugh at it, but would feel 
compelled to use it for the sake of his class; but then I imagine that 
he'd be pronouncing Erasmian with a Greek accent!  It is this "Erasmian 
with a Greek accent" that I'm talking about.  I would suppose there are 
Greek people in this list going to seminary in the US.  I'd love to 
hear their comments.

>  And, if a Greek person were to use use it, would they not have to 
> "twang" just as much as a North American?  It seems like your asking 
> that someone speak an artificial pronunciation naturally, and that 
> that is probably impossible.

I suppose you are American?  It is probably inconceivable for an 
American to pronounce Erasmian *without* the "twang".  But, 
non-Americans regularly pronounce English vowels etc. differently from 
Americans (i.e. without the "drawl" or "twang").  I suppose a Greek 
would do the same with Erasmian.  If you listened to a Japanese 
speaking in English (or Erasmian), you'd have one good example of 
non-twangy speech.  Indeed, many non-Americans find the "twang" hard to 
imitate.

> Whatever the Koine pronunciation may have been, it certainly was *not* 
> Erasmian.

Of course.  My using Erasmian is a concession to the common convention. 
  But I'd like to do it without the American accent, and am looking for 
examples...

Thanks,

Raymond Regalado
Tokyo, Japan





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