[B-Greek] B-Greek Year End Awards

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 5 21:54:39 EST 2010


Carl wrote:
 
<Ah yes, we must carry bravely these epithets gained at the cost
of such blood, sweat, toil, and tears.

Carl W. Conrad (ANEPIQHTOS)>
 
If there were a B-Old French list, I would suggest "Carlemagne."


Mark L
Φωσφορος


FWSFOROS MARKOS

--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com> wrote:


From: Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] B-Greek Year End Awards
To: "Sarah Madden" <sarah.r.madden at gmail.com>
Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org, "John Sanders" <john.franklin.sanders at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 6:36 AM


On Jan 5, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Sarah Madden wrote:
> The wisdom of John Sanders and Vasile Stancu re. keeping the smooth
> breathing mark, whose utility I (foolishly?) once questioned, makes me
> ALMOST think I should concede my HAWKEYE PIERCE AWARD FOR THE ORTHOGRAPHIC
> REFORM LEAST LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE IT MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE, but I
> nevertheless plan to keep my graciously bestowed award (thanks, Mark
> [FWSFOROS MARKOS]!). (I mean, how often does one ever receive such an
> award???)

And don't forget the substantial monetary award that comes with this recognition!

> Both John and Vasile make excellent points that, if the smooth breathing
> mark never existed, scribes occasionally could have forgotten to add the
> rough breathing mark, but in the current two-mark system, they had to make a
> judgment and would have been less inclined to accidentally insert an
> incorrect breathing mark. Thus it is more likely that an intentional smooth
> breathing mark is accurate. Point well made, gentlemen!

And was it not Voltaire who said, "Si l'esprit doux n'existait pas,
il faudrait l'inventer?

> Sarah Madden (aka Hawkeye Pierce) ><>
> Maryland USA

Ah yes, we must carry bravely these epithets gained at the cost
of such blood, sweat, toil, and tears.

Carl W. Conrad (ANEPIQHTOS)


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