[B-Greek] BH BH, the bleating of an ancient sheep

Stephen Lord ebyon at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jul 17 11:03:53 EDT 2009


Perhaps the entire enterprise of 'how to properly pronounce' Koine is pointless.  As with English, Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese), Russian, Spanish, and many other languages, there were regional accents.  Who is can rightly say which accent is 'the' correct one?

When I was in Russia more than a decade ago, the locals had been taught a flavor of "British" English.  I was with a group from Alabama.  For the interpreter, I often had to first repeat Alabaman English in Yankee English before they understood.  I was told by the locals that my limited Russian carried an accent that sounded like I was from their Georgia.

Point?  You say tomato...

Respectfully,

Stephen C. Lord


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