[B-Greek] Pronunciation of "Koine" for English Speakers
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 24 21:50:24 EDT 2008
I've heard it both ways. It seems to me that in the phrase "koine Greek" you
are more likely to accent it on the first, but if you are talking about "the koine"
you are most likely to accent it on the second. Doing so sounds a bit affected to
me, as the "correct" pronounciaton of anything often does.
--- On Wed, 9/24/08, Webb Mealy <webb at selftest.net> wrote:
From: Webb Mealy <webb at selftest.net>
Subject: [B-Greek] Pronunciation of "Koine" for English Speakers
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 6:08 PM
My Greek dictionary puts the accent on the last syllable of KOINH, but my
Websters unabridged says you can accent it on either syllable.
What does the group think? Those of you who are Greek teachers, do you have
your students pronounce it (in the phrase "Koine Greek") as it is
pronounced
in Greek?
Webb Mealy
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