[B-Greek] Accents in ancient Greek - (a continuation)

Blue Meeksbay bluemeeksbay at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 19 10:51:20 EDT 2010


For those recently engaged in the thread concerning how one orally communicates 
in Greek, with or without the right accent, this recent article might be 
interesting in seeing how we are communicating today in the written press, with 
or without the correct form. It came to mind because of what Mark L. wrote in a 
previous post concerning comprehension vs. form. He wrote:
 
   *…I think anyone who has had a little experience listening to Greek will 
understand 100% of his Greek NT.  If I can understand 100% of someone, on what 
basis can I criticize the way they speak the language?  I live in a neighborhood 
where lots of people are learning English as a second language.  They almost 
never stress English words on the same syllables as I do, and it never 
interferes with my ability to understand them.*
 
The article is entitled, *Goodbye, cruel words: English. It's dead to me,*  by 
Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post.  It can be found at the following web 
address:
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091304476.html

 
 
Cordially, 
Blue Harris


      


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