[B-Greek] PEI, FEI, XEI, KSI, PSI (was pee or pie)

Curtis Hinson curtis at curtishinson.com
Sun Jul 9 11:04:53 EDT 2006


The problem is that is there is no such thing as consistent Erasmian as 
anyone on here can tell you.  I have heard many many variations, and 
users of the Erasmian way of talking about Greek have their own personal 
variations too.

If you want consistency, learn Greek.  Obviously there are different 
Greek accents out there, but it's a real and actual language unlike 
Erasmian.  I have been saying for a while that shifts within natural 
languages make sense within the parameters of that language, but in a 
meta-language like Erasmian, those shifts are not based on the target 
language but on whatever random native language the user of Erasmian 
comes from.

Personally, I think it's a great huge waste of time to set into devoting 
the rest of your life to studying and teaching a language and then make 
up a fake way of pronouncing it instead of learning the language.  
Finding consistency in fakeness is about like that pot at the end of the 
rainbow.

Bless the Name
Curtis Hinson
http://curtishinson.com

TuNeCedeMalis67 at aol.com wrote the following on 7/9/2006 7:00 AM:
> I am a self study student and a former homeschool mom, I always apreciate 
> when the Erasmian pronunciation is CONSISTENT! Give me a rule, any rule, but 
> please just stick to it!
>
> What is "correct" seems to change with the times. I'd think a CONSISTENT 
> approach would require less updating, than a curriculum that tries to focus on 
> being "correct".
>
> I tend to use a lot of curriculums and they often do not agree. I use 
> Strong's dictionary as my final decision, because it's CONSISTENT. I just change a 
> couple of the dipthongs to a more commonly used pronunciation but am completely 
> consistent in doing that.
>
> For me to learn a language I must DRILL information. To drill, you MUST have 
> a DEFINATE pronunciation fixed into your mind. I needed SOMETHING, ANYTHING to 
> grab onto with all the constant changing of opinions on what is "correct" and 
> found great comfort in just settling for what Mr. Strong decided upon. I 
> would have kept his dipthongs too, but with the new trend in audio support, that 
> is pretty consistent in pronouncing the dipthongs differently, it worked out 
> best to just change that small detail.
>
> I personally don't care what is "correct" :-0 I just want to be able to drill 
> and study along with other students and teachers as effectively as possible, 
> and a slightly adapted version of Strong's pronunciations has allowed me to do 
> that :-)
>
> Kat Doe
> homemaker
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