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There is NO rule about the pronunciation changing depending on which letters precede or follow, or whether the GLO has 2 or 3 letters. This is completely false.
The stories about "my GLO founders knew a Greek professor and were told phi is pronounced phee after a consonant" are urban legend. Your founders would have no need of a greek professor in 1872 since they would have already been well schooled in the greek and latin classics. It's quite possible a professor helped with selecting mottoes, but they certainly would not need to educate students on proper greek pronunciation.
The correct greek pronunciation is always phee. The Americanized pronunciation is phye. Simple as that.
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