[B-Greek] Koine Kasruth (Especially Keyboards)

Randall Buth randallbuth at gmail.com
Sat Apr 23 02:49:27 EDT 2011


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I will grant that there is a definite value in attempting to learn an
historically accurate pronunciation as opposed to an artificially constructed
pronunciation such as Erasmian, but I will not grant that there is an iota of
benefit in using a national keyboard as opposed to one which is user-friendly.
If you choose to use a national keyboard, fine.  If you choose to use another
layout phonetically organized on English (or perhaps, western
European) principles, fine.  If you choose to pick a keyboard because you like
its name (ah, "Tavultesoft Keyman" -- that sounds beautiful), that is also fine
(though I'm being a bit giddy with that).  Whatever suits your fancy is fine so
long as it does the job.  No keyboard is inherently supperior to another as
being more in touch with the language though some are definitely more practical
than others.

 george
gfsomsel

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Similarly to what John said, I will grant anything to anyone--as long as
acknowledgment
of the "Greek" Greek systems are mentioned. What gets threads like these
started is
when discussions start as if the world were tabula rasa and everything was
in a vacuum.
As if a person should just go ahead and start inventing octogonal wheels if
they happen
to be partial to the number 8. That is the assumption that is being
questioned for students.
Maybe they need to know about 12-sided wheels.

The bigger principle is that one of the goals about learning a
foreign language, whether stated or not, is multiculturism. The goal is to
learn to view
the world from another perspective. Does another typewriter keyboard
contribute
to that? Maybe. A little bit. Does presenting only an English-based keyboard
to
mother-tongue English students detract from that? Maybe. A little bit.

There you have it.

ERRWSQE
IWANHS





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Randall Buth, PhD
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Biblical Language Center
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