Re: Immortalism: The Epic of Gilgamesh

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Thu Oct 12 2000 - 18:42:43 MDT


At 08:58 AM 12/10/00 -0400, you wrote:

>> Gil-GAM-esh, not GILGA-mesh.

>1) Why is pronunciation so important?

Why is any arbitrarily agreed convention important?

And just for fun, I'll mention that Tutankhamun is pronounced
Toot-UNK-uh-moon, not TOOTEN-Carmen.

>2) How do you know the correct pronunciation? Do you have a 4000-year-old
>recording?

Buddy, I was there.

Damien Broderick [how else do you think I know about the crocodile?]



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