From: Trevor Peterson (06PETERSON@cua.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 10:52:34 EST
While gingerly stepping around the bigger issues of pronunciation philosophy
that have been debated on this list, I'd say you're pretty safe pronouncing
the pi.
Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics
>===== Original Message From "David J. Sugg" <djsugg@bigfoot.com> =====
>I have a question on the pronunciation of PNEUMA. Is the Pi pronounced or
>silent? I am not really interested in how it would have been pronounced
>originally, I just want to be sure others who know Koine Greek will
>understand what I am saying. Mounce teaches pronounceing each consonant,
>but someone told me recently that PNEUMA should be pronounced 'NEW-mah',
>much like in english we would pronounce 'pneumatic.' So if I want to be
>understood by a group of Greek scholars, like those inhabiting this list,
>how should I say PNEUMA, 'NEW-mah' or 'p-NEW-mah'?
>
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