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Originally Posted by MysticCat
This is why I'm always amused when someone tries to spell out the names of the Greek letters using Greek letters and spells Alpha ALPHA. Ummmm, that spells "Alpea."  Alpha would just be ALFA. (Whenever one sees "ph" in an English word, one can pretty safely bet that the word comes from Greek and that the "ph" was originally F). |
I feel the same way. I find your story very interesting. I, on the other hand, am horrible at pronunciation. I can read languages, but don't try to make me speak them. I guess it's embarassment from trying to speak a foreign language with a southern accent. Nothing ever sounds right.