[B-Greek] Pronouncing PILATOS
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Thu Aug 12 20:38:41 EDT 2004
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:51:22 +1000 "Kevin Riley"
<klriley at alphalink.com.au> writes:
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> >[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of John
> Schwandt
> >Sent: Friday, 13 August 2004 1:23 AM
> >
> >George,
> >
> >It would be helpful to me if you mentioned your reason or method
> for your
> >pronunciation decision. There are variations of the Erasmian
> pronunciation
> >system (Machen, Smyth) that choose the historical pronunciation for
> omicron
> >(closer to a long o as in "open" rather than ah as in "toss").
> Allen and
> >Mounce recommend the "ah" sound. Regarding John's question, it
> >appears that
> >the author of the CD is making an exception to the Mounce system
> for
> >familiar words or names.
> >
> >Blessings,
> >John Schwandt
> >
> Allen does not recommend the 'ah' sound for anything except alpha.
> He
> recommends an long open /o/ sound for omega, and a short /o/ for
> omicron.
> The confusion of /o/ and /a/ is mainly an American phenomenon that
> no
> educated Englishman like Allen would ever make, and certainly would
> not
> recommend.
>
> Kevin Riley
>
> ---
What am I missing here? Allen who? (or is that Allen Who?)
george
gfsomsel
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