Re: Pilovese Website

Thanks for the escaped codes and the Modern Greek information.
Scotto

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Subject: Re: Pilovese Website

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> wrote:
> Benct,
>  Certainly I would, but I am not sure what letter makes the sound /v/
> in  Greek. Koine Greek of the NT was not taught as having that sound.
The translations you were given were into Modern Greek, in which beta makes
/v/.

I don't think language names were formed the same way in Koine Greek
-- certainly the "-ezika" form is pure Modern Greek, I would think.

>  Sadly,
>  your nice transliteration came through as something other than you
intended.
>  (See below) If you could help me here, I'd appreciate it.
As escaped HTML, they are
&#928;&#953;&#955;&#959;&#946;&#953;&#954;&#940;,
&#928;&#953;&#955;&#959;&#946;&#941;&#950;&#953;&#954;&#945; .

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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