[B-Greek] Pronouncing PILATOS
Kevin Riley
klriley at alphalink.com.au
Thu Aug 12 20:36:27 EDT 2004
I may have missed a connection, if there was a reference to an Allen on this
list. I assumed the reference was to W. Sidney Allen, formerly a professor
at Cambridge, who wrote the book "Vox Graeca: the Pronunciation of Classical
Greek".
Kevin Riley
>-----Original Message-----
>From: George F. Somsel [mailto:gfsomsel at juno.com]
>Sent: Friday, 13 August 2004 10:39 AM
>
>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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