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Originally posted by Senusret I
LOL....the keyboard would make your sorority QNX.
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Indeed we are the QNX. It's hard to give an accurate equivalent from Greek to English letters because some (like Omega) are combos...
a=a
b=b
g=g
d=d
e=e
z=z
h=ay (or a keyboard "h")
q=th (or a keyboard "q")
i=i
k=k
l=l
m=m
n=n
x= ks (or a keyboard "x"]
o=o
p=p
r=r
s=s
t=t
u=u
f=f (and a keyboard "f")
c=c or k
y=s (or a keyboard "y")
w=ow or oh (or a keyboard "w")
I'm just talking pronunciation within words. Take "xi" for example. In the word
sarx (which means "flesh"), the "xi" is "ks" so it's pronounced
sarks. So, sometimes people will say "Theta Nu Ksee" whereas I say it "Theta Nu Z-eye."
Omega ALWAYS reminds me of the lexical form of most Koine Greek words. The only other standard (present tense) ending I know is
hmi (wait, is that right? I need to look up the ending...anyway...)
As an ending, omega is "oh."
I also see people doing very strange things with the Greek names of their orgs. For instance, I might say
Qheta Nu Xi
which would be wrong in any language. If we're going for phonetic-ness, it would be
Qhta Nu Xi or possibly
Qeta Nu Xi (in which the "Theta" would be pronounced Thehta instead of Thayta.)
The same goes for when people type other letters out, like "Phi." Properly written out (phonetically) it would be
Fi not
Fhi.