[B-Greek] Accents in ancient Greek - (a continuation)
Kevin P. Edgecomb
kevin at bombaxo.com
Sun Sep 19 12:20:45 EDT 2010
Proper accentuation in any spoken language is a sign of true fluency. It's better to learn it earlier rather than to need to correct it later. The same must be said for pronunciation.
I would likewise question the fluency of a person who is "fluent" in only one book of a culture's vast patrimony. Such a person would miss all the richness of the language in its native, unsystematized and undigested state. They cannot be said to know a language, but rather to know only one book in that language.
Perhaps many people are not interested in fluency?
Regards,
Kevin P. Edgecomb
Berkeley, California
On Sep 19, 2010, at 7:51 AM, Blue Meeksbay <bluemeeksbay at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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