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Originally posted by MysticCat81
The idea that F is pronounced "fee" or "fie" depending on whether vowels or whatever follow it is a Greek Urban legend that simply refuses to die. In Greek, F is always pronounced "fee." Always.

Well, not always.

When F is followed by a vowel in groups using 2 letters, it's Fee. In three letter groups, when F is followed by a vowel and your badge is on the moon, it's pronounced Fye. But if Betty Crocker was a member of your group then it's Fee. If your ritual is in the library of congress, it's Fye again, except if one of your alumni was a high ranking elected official and used his/her connections to have it removed, in which case it's Fee.

My pizza guy delivers to the Greek Orthodox church and that's how he explained it to me.

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