[B-Greek] why you should not give out your cell phone number on B-Greek

Kevin Riley klriley at alphalink.com.au
Fri Feb 11 18:31:29 EST 2011


The recommnedation to pronounce A as 'ar' and W as 'or' makes sense in a 
British/Australasian context where the post-vocalic r is usually 
silent.  I don't believe anyone has suggested that the Geeeks ever 
pronounced A as AR or W as WR.

Kevin Riley

On 12/02/2011 12:54 AM, Mark Lightman wrote:
> Dave wrote
>
> <Who is this bloke Carlos?>
>
> Hi, Dave,
>
> Good point.  I have seen a few text books that recommend pronouncing alpha as
> "ar" (and omega as "or."  It does seem that a trace of a rho can appear.
>
> Your question raises a question of how many times you have to repeat a word in
> real communication before it becomes internalized.  καλῶς (KALWS), along with a
> few others, ERRWSO, CAIRE, are among the first to get there.
>
>
>
>   Mark L
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> FWSFOROS MARKOS
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>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: David McKay<davidmckay52 at gmail.com>
> To: Mark Lightman<lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
> Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 9:02:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] why you should not give out your cell phone number on
> B-Greek
>
> Good fun!
>
> David McKay
>
> Who is this bloke Carlos?
>
>
>
>
> On 11 February 2011 12:36, Mark Lightman<lightmanmark at yahoo.com>  wrote:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrnteRS89tU
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>> Mark L
>> Φωσφορος
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>> FWSFOROS MARKOS
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