Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] IaBe = YHWH or IaBe = Jove?
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:25:36 +0100
On 23/07/2005 15:39, David P Donnelly wrote:
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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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