 | Homerus - 1823 - 604 Seiten
...and differed from the common note of aspiration, in the impulse which caused the forced expiration, being given from the throat rather than from the tongue...supposed among the learned at present, that the digamma had a sound resembling that of our W : it corresponded to the Latin V, which had a similar sound."... | |
 | Vans Kennedy - 1828 - 386 Seiten
...is a sound which the natives of India § cannot pronounce. Mr. Payne Knight, also, remarks, that " it is generally supposed among the learned at present,...digamma was pronounced like our W, for it corresponded with the Latin V, the sound of which was certainly the * This is the sound adopted by the Asiatic Society... | |
 | 1830 - 484 Seiten
...Cockney of the present day would sound the » in these words. Hence, Mr Payne Knight remarks, that " it is generally supposed among the learned at present, that the digamma was pronounced like our Wr, for it corresponded with the Latin V, the sound of which was certainly the same." (Analysis of... | |
 | John Richard Darley (bp. of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.) - 1839 - 176 Seiten
...aspirate rather than an aspirated consonant, differing from the common note of aspiration in the impulse being given from the throat rather than from the tongue and palate. Dr. Burgess makes the digamma long v or double v ; that thus it was opposed to upsilon, as omicron... | |
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Cockney of the present day would sound the v in these words. Hence, Mr Payne Knight remarks, that " it is generally supposed among the learned at present, that the digamma was pronounced like our W, for it corresponded with the Latin V, the sound of which... 