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Old 06-28-2004, 10:47 AM
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Here is a little rhyme, courtesy of From Here to Fraternity By Robert Egan:
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This is Greek and how they spelt her-
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta,
Epsilon, Zeta,
Eta, Theta,
Then Iota, Kappa too,
Followed up by Lambda, Mu,
Nu, Xi,
Omicron, Pi,
After that, Rho, Sigma, Tau,
Upsilon, Phi, and still three more,
Chi, Psi, and Omega's twenty-four.

Xi = Zi (long I)
Chi = Ki (long I)
Don't forget that when the letter Phi is preceded by a letter ending in 'a' (alpha, beta, etc.), it is pronounced FEE not FI (long I).

http://people.msoe.edu/~tritt/greeklr.html
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