[B-Greek] Pronunciation of Kappa, Pi and Tau

Arthur King amgking at sbcglobal.net
Thu Sep 28 18:21:02 EDT 2006





 I quite agree.  I should have started a new thread,rather than use
your inquiry as a springboard.  Lesson learned.  Thank you  
 
 Arthur King
 
> --- Eric Weiss <papaweiss1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > AK wrote:
> >    
> >   > I do not think that there will be much of a thread if
> respondents
> > stick
> >   > to the point - Proof that one type of pronunciation is
> > substantially
> >   > superior to others with respect to getting at the meanng of a
> > Greek
> >   > text; or to put it another way, superior in making the learning
> > of
> >   > Greek easier for the student, particularl, one studying on
> their
> > own.
> >    
> >    
> >   Actually, the point of my original post was simply to ask how K,
> P
> > and T should 
> >   be taught to be pronounced - and I don't think anyone has
> responded
> > to that yet.
> >    
> >   A possibly useful response might be the answer to this question:
> >    
> >   Do Modern Greeks pronounce them like "Kit", "Pot", and "Top," or
> > like "sKit", 
> >   "sPot", and "sTop"?
> >   
> > 
> > Eric Weiss <papaweiss1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >     Current pronunciations for these Greek letters are given as
> > follows:
> >    
> >   C (chi) = kh as the "ch" in Bach
> >   K (kappa) = k as in kit
> >    
> >   F (phi) = ph as in philadelphia
> >   P (pi) = p as in pot
> >    
> >   Q (theta) = th (unvoiced) as in thin
> >   T (tau) = t as in top
> >    
> >   I understand that before Koine times, the letters were pronounced
> > as follows:
> >    
> >   C = k as in kit
> >   K = soft k as in skit
> >    
> >   F = P as in pot
> >   P = soft p as in spot
> >    
> >   Q = T as in top
> >   T = soft t as in stop
> >    
> >   Now (i.e., since Koine times) that C, F, and Q have taken on
> their
> > aspirated (?) 
> >   sounds - i.e., kh, ph, and th (unvoiced), respectively - should
> > grammar books and 
> >   Koine Greek teachers say that K, P, and T be sounded as kit, pot
> > and top (the current 
> >   practice) - or as skit, spot and stop? I.e., did K, P, and T
> become
> > "harder", or did they 
> >   remain as their soft-sounding versions?
> >    
> > 
> > 
> >     Eric S. Weiss
> > 
> >     
> > ---------------------------------
> >   Do you Yahoo!?
> > Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.
> > 
> > 
> > Eric S. Weiss
> > 
> > 
> >  		
> > ---------------------------------
> > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and
> > 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.
> > ---
> > B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek
> > B-Greek mailing list
> > B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek
> > 
> 
> 




More information about the B-Greek mailing list