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

Eric Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 10 15:36:12 EDT 2006


"It's not MOO, it's MEE"
   
  Was that a deliberate choice because it attacks a "sacred cow"?

"Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> wrote:
  
On Jul 10, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Eric Weiss wrote:

> Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>
>> I'm reluctant to get involved in this, but I must say that I believe
>> it will be as difficult to move NT Greek pedagogy off the dime of 
>> Erasmian
>> pronunciation as it is to move it away from many of the other outworn
>> elements. The teaching and learning of ancient Greek is subject to as
>> powerful conservative forces as exist anywhere in humankind. 
>
> Well, maybe those of us who want to instigate a change could make 
> and pass out to seminarians and students buttons that read:
>
> It's PEE, not PIE
> Only hOI BARBAROI KAI OI ANOHTOI speak Erasmian
>
> or
>
> It's PEE, not PIE
> Erasmian: A phonology in search of a language

Well, I would agree that treating it as a laughing-stock may well be 
a more effective weapon than rational persuasion; on the other hand, 
people don't take too kindly to humorous attacks upon their sacred 
cows. Perhaps it should be focused on the letter Mu:

It's not MOO, it's MEE

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad2 at mac.com
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/





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