From: Richard Ghilardi (qodeshlayhvh@juno.com)
Date: Sun Sep 09 2001 - 00:02:29 EDT
Dear Paul and b-greekers,
I tried your suggestions, but Greek was not among the languages that I
could add. I too read EGW EIMI in Greek letters in your original message.
But your more recent post (reproduced below) contained only "mumbo
jumbo". What am *I* missing?
Yours in His grace,
Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh@juno.com
New Haven, CT USA
Nibai kaurno hwaiteis gadriusando in airtha gaswiltith,
silbo ainata aflifnith: ith jabai gaswiltith, manag akran bairith.
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 22:32:05 -0500 "Paul Schmehl"
<p.l.schmehl@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B. Ward Powers" <bwpowers@optusnet.com.au>
> To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 3:46 PM
> Subject: [b-greek] Re: Ego Emi?
>
>
> Hi Ward. You wrote:
>
> >3. Paul Schmehl: did you receive it as Greek or as six question
> marks
> >(which is how it appears in your email when I received it)?
>
> I received it as Greek letters. And I can tell you that, if you're
> using
> Windows, you can reproduce Greek letters quite easily by simply
> changing
> your keyboard layout. For example, I can type εγο ειμι or
> ΕΓΟ ΕΙΜΙ in plain
> ASCII text simply by switching my keyboard to Greek. If all
> B-Greekers
> could do this, it would be very nice, but I doubt they can, because
> not all
> are using Windows.
>
> Εν αρχη ην ο λογος. ΕΝ ΑΡΧΗ ΗΝ Ο ΛΟΓΟΣ
> can be typed quite easily simply by
> clicking on an icon in my taskbar that allows me to switch between
> Greek and
> English. It's even possible to supply rough breathings. I haven't
> figure
> out how to do the accents yet, but I'd be surprised if they weren't
> possible.
>
> Οϋτως γαρ ηγαπησεν ό θεος τον κοσμον
> ωστε τον υιον τον μονογενη εδωκεν ίνα
> πας ό πιστευων εισ αυτον μη αποληται
> αλλ' εχη ζωην αιωνιον.
>
> >4. Is the day any nearer as yet when we can adopt a program,
> download an
> >add-on, use a protocol, whatever it takes, which enables us to use
> actual
> >Greek letters for Greek words?
>
> The day is actually here for Windows users. I don't believe it is
> for Mac
> users, although someone with a more intimate knowledge of the Mac
> may be
> able to confirm that it is.
>
> For Windows users, just click on Start/Settings/Control
> Panel/Keyboard/Language, and Add Greek. Make sure to click on the
> box that
> says "Enable indicator on taskbar", so you'll have the icon to switch
> between languages.
>
> Καιρετε,
> Paul Schmehl pauls@utdallas.edu
> p.l.schmehl@worldnet.att.net
> http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/
>
>
>
>
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