If you don't have a copy of it, I'd be glad to reproduce Edward
Hobbs' note from August 2, 1996 with subject header, "Greek
Pronunciation." While it doesn't offer full details on Erasmian
pronunciation, it says enough, I think. I wouldn't go overboard
in the direction of precision on the vowel sounds, but I'll tell
you what I teach. >I have two questions: >1. Do some scholars
pronounce it this way, or do they all pronounce it >in "Bob"?
The practical question is, will people laugh at me if I continue
to >pronounce it like "o" in "obey" ;-> I notice that books
vary. Machen says that >it is pronounced like "o" in "obey".
JACT says "o" as in "pot". Robertson's >short grammar says that
"There was little difference in sound, if any, between >the
sounds o, w, and ou. They were sounded nearly like our oo (not a
>Does he really mean "oo" as in "boot"? I don't really think so
--I think he really means that they were all pretty much like
the "o" sound in "boat." The problem is: WHEN were they all
sounded similarly, if e