[B-Greek] Changing Pronunciation
Eric S. Weiss
papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 14 07:58:06 EDT 2011
Randall Buth's Website is now http://www.biblicallanguagecenter.com/
Buth's Phonemic Koinê differs from Modern Greek in only 3 ways, IIRC:
H êta is pronounced as "ay" instead of "ee" (Modern)
U upsilon is pronounced as French u instead of "ee" (Modern)
OI omicron-iota is pronounced as French u instead of "ee" (Modern)
I made the change several years ago, and haven't looked back. Granted,
the distinct vowel and diphthong sounds and rough breathing in Erasmian
make vocabulary differentiation and acquisition somewhat easier, but
Phonetic Koinê and/or Modern Greek to me are more euphonious and
flow more smoothly when listening or reading aloud.
I have the Living Koinê materials and am using them to prepare for an 8-day
fluency workshop I'm attending this summer under Dr. Buth's program.
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Eric S. Weiss
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