[B-Greek] PEI, FEI, XEI, KSI, PSI (was pee or pie)
Curtis Hinson
curtis at curtishinson.com
Sun Jul 9 13:13:37 EDT 2006
Jim West wrote the following on 7/9/2006 11:19 AM:
> And so which "Greek" pronunciation would you have folk learn? And
> what assures you that the writers of the New Testament used your
> pronunciation template?
GEIA SOU Jim,
I oppose learning any Greek pronunciation at all in the sense of some
artificial system. And a language is not a "template". Learn the Greek
language, not how to talk ABOUT Greek. If you're wondering, my own
accent has a tinge of Corfu and tends to Yevanic. In any case it's an
intelligible product of the natural language.
For some historical reasons, Greek students and teachers have built a
unique prison for their mind for which I can't see any parallel in the
study of any other language, ancient or modern. I have gotten so
frustrated with seeing so many trapped in a system that essentially
prevents people from understanding I've been tempted to leave the list
from time to time.
As to the second part of your question, I refer you to Dr Buth's posts
on this thread that explains (in part) how we know how ancient Greek
sounded far better than I could explain it. You could also take a look
at Caragounis' work on the pronunciation of the Greek language. I am
engaged in some rather exciting research of my own I will eventually be
ready to share.
At the end of the day, go find some Greek people. :-)
Bless the Name
Curtis Hinson
http://curtishinson.com
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