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Originally posted by starang21
i talked to some greek cat from greece and he said we butcher the shit out of their language. like he told me Iota was pronouned like yoda or something crazy like that.
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Exactly. In Greek (as in many if not most other European languages), "I" represents the sound "ee," not the diphthong "eye" ("ah" followed quickly by "ee"). Say it quickly and the "ee" in "ee-o-ta" becomes "Y," so that you get "yota." We (and the Brits) have anglicized the names of most Greek letters.
Now, the really weird ones in Greek are Mu and Nu, which are pronounced "mee" and "nee." Can't tell you why.