[b-hebrew] IaBe = YHWH or IaBe = Jove?
Read, James C
K0434995 at kingston.ac.uk
Sun Jul 24 19:59:37 EDT 2005
In fact, pure single vowels in English pronunciations are very
rare. Most of our vowel sounds which we believe to be one vowel
sound like two vowels together to latin cultures. And most
transliteration policies set by British authorities (usually with
Southern pronunciations) produce very off the mark sounds.
I would say that Peter's assertion that Spanish and Italian sounds
are a better standard to go by as far as Latin is concered. They are
after all their descendents.
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From: b-hebrew-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Peter Kirk
Sent: Mon 7/25/2005 12:25 AM
To: David P Donnelly
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] IaBe = YHWH or IaBe = Jove?
On 23/07/2005 15:39, David P Donnelly wrote:
> ...
> What do you think Peter?
>
> Are these above three sites telling the truth?
>
I don't think these sites are telling deliberate lies. But I think they
are saying more about modern American English pronunciation than ancient
Latin.
In standard British English words like "Bob" are pronounced with a
clearly rounded "o" vowel. But in most American dialects this vowel has
lost its rounding, so that "Bob" sounds like "Bahb" and is
indistinguishable from "Bub". (This is one of the easiest ways for us
Brits to spot an American accent - and the British "Mum" and American
"Mom" are pronounced almost the same.) The traditional pronunciation of
Latin by English speakers, probably originating in England, identifies
(rather misleadingly) the Latin long and short "o" with the English long
and short "o" sounds. And when American speakers follow these
pronunciation guidelines, they end up with a sound like "ah" for short
"o". In fact the Latin sounds are much more likely to have sounded like
the modern Spanish or Italian "o", short and long with similar qualities.
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Peter Kirk
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peterkirk at qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/
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