[B-Greek] Pronunciation of Upsilon
Vasile Stancu
stancu at mail.dnttm.ro
Tue Oct 14 19:29:56 EDT 2008
This sound may be obtained as follows:
- prepare yourself to say "u" as in "bull" and set your lips accordingly;
- with the lips arranged in this setting, suddenly change your mind and say
"i" as in "bit";
- the sound you make is what I understand the Greek upsilon should be.
Vasile STANCU
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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Charles Johnson
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Subject: [B-Greek] Pronunciation of Upsilon
I've been trying out Randall Buth's Imperial Koine pronunciation, but I'm
stuck on the vowel upsilon as well as the omicron-iota diphthong. His guide
gives it in IPA as [y] which is the close front rounded vowel. I haven't
actually been able to find a sound file in a format, nor do the examples
I've found seem particularly helpful. I'm guessing it's not something I'm
used to distinguishing in my General American dialect.
I'm also confused because he sometimes refers to it as u (with two dots over
it.) I'm not sure if this is a different system, but in IPA the two dots
refer to centralization of the vowel, which would seem to contradict it
being the front vowel.
Thanks,
Charlie Johnson
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