[gothic-l] Re: Pronounciation

[george knysh]

--- ravichaudhary2000 <Ravi9 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., george knysh <gknysh at y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- ravichaudhary2000 <Ravi9 at h...> wrote:
> > > Ravi>> Let me see if I understand this.
> > >
> > > In or about the 5th century BC ,there are a
> people,
> > > whom if ones
> > > reads an English translation of Herodotus( in
> the
> > > 21century i.e.
> > > today), is written as " Getae"
> > >
> > > In the 4th century St Augustine, sees this  with
> the
> > > G sound  as  in
> > > Greek or Go.
> > >
> > > In the 7th/8th century, the J sound appears.
> > >
> > > The G sound has  changed to J.
> > >
> > > The pronunciation of `Getae' is today `Jota.' Or
> > > `Jotah', the J
> > > sound !
> > >
> > >
> > > Do I understand this correctly?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the patience:
> > >
> > > Ravi
> > >
> > > *****GK: The Getae disappeared from history
> sometime
> > during the 2nd c. AD. Subsequently the name had a
> > purely literary significance. AFAIK it was never
> > pronounced as a "J". The Greek sound was
> permanentized
> > in the literature.*****
> > >
>
>
> George
>
> Whether the " Getae" disappeared or not is not the
> issue.
>
> It is simply,  as I wrote, How was/ is the word "
> Getae" as found in
> the English translation of Herodutus,  pronounced
> then  and later ?.
>
> My query is on the sound.
>
> Please, for the moment can just we leave it at that.
>
> These threads get too diluted, otherwise !
>
> and thanks for the input, I was wondering where you
> were.
>
> Best regards
>
> Ravi


******GK: Hello Ravi. I was educated in French schools
in Europe and North America. When speaking of
"Germains" it was always "J" and of "Getae" or
"Ge`tes" always "G". The information about the
permanentization of the Greek pronunciaztion comes
from my Jesuit Professors.*******
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