06-23-2012, 05:16 PM
Well... this is how we pronounce these words in Greek : Notice that we do not stress consonants as much as Anglosaxons do and that our vowels are open and simple.
[attachment=4362]spatha.zip[/attachment]
[attachment=4363]pteruges.zip[/attachment]
Had to zip these sound files. Unfortunately I could not just post the wmas...
How close our understanding of phonetics is to the original (Byzantine, Hellenistic, Classical, Archaic etc etc etc) is of course highly debatable but I think that it still is the best guess and the "Greekest" way of pronouncing stuff...
[attachment=4362]spatha.zip[/attachment]
[attachment=4363]pteruges.zip[/attachment]
Had to zip these sound files. Unfortunately I could not just post the wmas...
How close our understanding of phonetics is to the original (Byzantine, Hellenistic, Classical, Archaic etc etc etc) is of course highly debatable but I think that it still is the best guess and the "Greekest" way of pronouncing stuff...
