tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post2912993361471247416..comments2024-03-17T09:14:13.950+00:00Comments on John Wells’s phonetic blog: reflexes of Greek ουJohn Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684304410735867148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-9842902202804263412015-06-17T15:16:21.715+01:002015-06-17T15:16:21.715+01:00In Immanuel Kant's "Noumenon,", &quo...In Immanuel Kant's "Noumenon,", "u" transliterates the «ου» of the Greek word «νο-ού-με-νον».Ein Steppenwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050569954300868302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-16164541980069214672010-10-22T17:39:49.429+01:002010-10-22T17:39:49.429+01:00Forget about doing business the old way, I did. It...Forget about doing business the old way, I did. It was so rewarding to have discovered Purity 12 because it really did change my life – in health and in wealth. I was just starting to learn about businesses online when I signed up with them. They shared with me all knowledge that I needed to start up my own business with minimal risks but with maximum results. I’m truly happy with the outcome - physically, emotionally and yes, financially! http://if1s.com?114purity12loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483673524974356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-12181274834024708672009-04-20T17:16:00.000+01:002009-04-20T17:16:00.000+01:00I had somehow thought that the [naUs] pronunciatio...I had somehow thought that the [naUs] pronunciation was restricted to the sense 'cleverness', which does not exist in AmE, and that philosophers spoke of [nus] everywhere. But perhaps not.<br /><br />In any case, I suspect the [ju] pronunciation of Greek [u] is confined to Greek words that came into English through Latin directly or indirectly.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-80216790518093890922009-04-05T02:58:00.000+01:002009-04-05T02:58:00.000+01:00Don't remember if it was Fowler (or Amis?), but so...Don't remember if it was Fowler (or Amis?), but somebody mentioned <I>acoustic</I> actually used to have -aʊ-.<BR/><BR/>The writing would be explained by a loan from French, or, as maybe with nous, by a late, learned loan.Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-70909946327197885542009-03-11T21:18:00.000+00:002009-03-11T21:18:00.000+00:00In medicine the terminology is more correct:Dystop...In medicine the terminology is more correct:<BR/><BR/>Dystopie: Fehllagerung; das Vorkommen von Organen an ungewöhnlichen Stellen.<BR/><BR/>Gegensatz: Eutopie: normale Lage von Organen.<BR/><BR/>If your organs are at the right spot, it is a eutopia. If the are on the wrong spot, it is a dystopia.<BR/><BR/>Now the question: If they are not there at all, is it then a utopia?Fräuleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301316291689636610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-43197829923393832652009-03-08T21:50:00.000+00:002009-03-08T21:50:00.000+00:00Perhaps the reason that "acoustic" and "nous" use ...Perhaps the reason that "acoustic" and "nous" use "ou" is that they are, rather uniquely, in situations where a simple "u" would likely be reinterpreted as representing English /V/. In "Luke", "Muse" or "Uranus" it's clear that the vowel is /u:/ or /U@(`)/, but if an English speaker were to see "acustic" or "nus", they might be liable think of them as /@"kVstIk/ and /"nVs/.Lazar Taxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13221219358689771815noreply@blogger.com