Funny Link

[Kopio]

I thought some of you might like this link....it was posted on B-Greek....Carl Conrad loved it!
Check it out here.

[aso]

it's not "mee," it's "mü."

[Lucus Eques]

All this seems to do is pretend the Modern Greek pronunciation. For the letters in question, this is how they were named in ancient times, courtesy of Vox Graeca:

μῦ, πεῖ, ἤτα, ὗ

remembering that the digraph ει represents the long form of ε, and is not a diphthong, and whose pronunciation classically vacillated between high, close [ē] and eventually [ī], and that η was a long open 'e' sound similar to the vowel in English "bed," and even perhaps long [æ].

Not to split Grecian hairs.

[Bert]

Thanks Kopio. I couln't seem to open it using the link on B-Greek.

it's not "mee," it's "mü."

All this seems to do is pretend the Modern Greek pronunciation. For the letters in question, this is how they were named in ancient times, courtesy of Vox Graeca:

He IS talking about Koine, not Classical or Homeric.

[Lucus Eques]

Ah, well, there we go then, hehe.

[annis]

Should I ever go to the APA meeting, I will work up a t-shirt with "Erasmian: A phonology in search of a language."