medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Can't we just blame it on the Great Vowel Shift, or has that gone out of fashion since my student days?
Dulcie Gannett
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From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Willis
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Long "i" in Christ
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>Modern pronunciations often depend on particular pedagogical traditions
>(e.g. German vs. British), as whether a theta comes out as "t" or as
>"th," or where to put the accent on "parousia" (accenting is itself a
>debated problem). I suspect that from the outset, a relatively
>unfamiliar term/title in Greek such as XRISTOS may have had different
>subtleties of pronunciation in different groups/areas, and similarly
>throughout history, but this would be difficult to demonstrate from the
>preserved evidence.
Bob Kraft, UPenn
Given the wide range of pronunciation of the 'a' in 'Katy'(depending on whether you come from North Devon, Wales, County Durham or Wiltshire) surely it's not surprising that a range of pronunciations exist?
Anne
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