[B-Greek] pronunciation of Cockney "belt"

Eric Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 7 03:23:19 EST 2004


James Morwood in his OXFORD GRAMMAR OF CLASSICAL
GREEK* says the pronunciation of the Epsilon-Upsilon
(EU) diphthong is like the "el" in the Cockney
pronunciation of "belt," and that of Eta-Upsilon
(HU)is a slightly longer version of EU.

Can anyone tell me what the Cockney pronunciation of
the "el" in "belt" would be and how it differs from,
or is similar to, the "eu" in "feud" (Erasmian) or the
"ev/ef" (Modern Greek) pronunciation that other Greek
grammars give?

* Oxford University Press March 1, 2003, ISBN:
0195218515. Morwood makes an effort in his book to
give what he says is the correct, or more correct,
pronunciation of ancient Greek (e.g., he says that
Zeta should be pronounced like the "sd" in "wisdom"),
and he owes a lot, he says, to Allen's VOX GRAECA. 


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Eric S. Weiss




		
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