Hello -- for an attempt at recreating the sound of English in 1622, cf. the "acoustic" section of the website built at NC State by John Wall on Donne's Gunpowder Plot sermon at St Paul's Cross:
https://vpcp.chass.ncsu.edu/listen-the-sermon/
I'm told they found a professional actor in London to have a go at it.
The recreation of old, pre-fire St Paul's is methodically done and quite stunning.
Regards, --Tom
Thomas Herron
Department of English
East Carolina University
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Editor, Explorations in Renaissance Culture (published with Brill per 2015. More at www.brill.com/erc)
Writer/Director, Centering Spenser: A Digital Resource for Kilcolman Castle
http://core.ecu.edu/umc/Munster/
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation query, part 2: Yoo-na or Oo-na?
David, when Bert Hamilton undertook the Spenser Encyclopedia, I think he indicated that he was hoping to establish the pronunciation of the names of all the figures/characters but that he soon discovered that doing so was impossible—and ill-advised. Too many differences for too many good reasons. Accordingly, the Encyclopedia does not have a determination of pronunciation beside every proper name. for my part, I agree with Bert’s decision. But I always explained my choice to students when it mattered—and respected theirs.
Judith
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation query, part 2: Yoo-na or Oo-na?
I confess that it's oddly reassuring to know how many others share my predicament ("I know how I do say it, but not how I ought to.")
I've recently corrected a couple of pronunciations--Cymochles (Ky-MO-klees) and Pyr(r)hochles (pi-RO-klees)--based on metrical evidence, but mostly I'm clueless about how we ascertain correct pronunciations of words that are multi-lingual puns in a version of English that's now more than 400 years old.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Catherine Butler <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
I've never been sure whether the first syllable of Guyon rhymes with pea or with pie. Is there a consensus, and a reason for it?
Cathy
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