Re: Trema (was: French spelling scheme)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 4, 2001, 18:52 |
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On Fri, 4 May 2001 14:14:57 -0400 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
writes:
> Raymond Brown wrote:
> > As for why the Hellenist Greek grammarians used a double-dot, I
> don't know.
> I don't think anyone does.
>
> --
> There is / one art || John Cowan
> <jcowan@...>
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I'll theorize then.... :-)
Maybe the Greeks used *two* dots to show that the *two* letters were
*two* distinct sounds?
-Stephen (Steg)
"Malar, Byron, Argo Thakandor Maton."
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