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wait a minute...wasn't this on the Da Vinci Code?? 
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07-23-2007, 12:18 PM
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wait a minute...wasn't this on the Da Vinci Code?? |
LMAO!!!
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07-23-2007, 03:19 PM
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After I got confirmed in the Church of England we always had real wine. My siblings were all servers (got to serve communion) and they'd finish up the wine afterwards. Got a bit tipsy a couple of times Also they used wafers, not bread, so they'd stick to the top of your mouth for a fun time!
When I came to the US we joined a congregational church at the bottom of our road and communion bewildered me there. They used grape juice, loaves of bread, and they'd pass it around the sanctuary and everyone took communion at the very same time. I didn't know this the first time and stuck the bread straight in my mouth. Then I had to hold it there until everyone else was ready. That was nasty.
Anyway-real wine is where it's at if you're taking communion. Not that I do anymore. Just wanted to weigh in
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07-23-2007, 03:20 PM
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wait a minute...wasn't this on the Da Vinci Code?? |
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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07-23-2007, 07:10 PM
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Not the Da Vinci code -she's speaking in tongues!
Pronunciation guidelines? Does anyone here who isn't an ITwhatever have any trouble pronouncing Greek? I can even say Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi correctly - and Alpha Xi is a piece of cake.
( I disliked my linguistics class - it was the only one I didn't like in grad school.)
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07-23-2007, 08:35 PM
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Pronunciation guidelines? Does anyone here who isn't an ITwhatever have any trouble pronouncing Greek? I can even say Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi correctly - and Alpha Xi is a piece of cake.
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I have always heard Gamma Phi Beta with a long I in Phi.
Is Alpha Phi with the long E instead?
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07-23-2007, 08:44 PM
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Yep - and those Alpha Phis hate it when you call them Alpha "PhI "instead of Alpha "Phee".
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07-23-2007, 08:47 PM
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Pronunciation guidelines? Does anyone here who isn't an ITwhatever have any trouble pronouncing Greek? I can even say Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi correctly - and Alpha Xi is a piece of cake.
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If you really pronounce Xi the "Greek" way rather than the "American Greek" way, I am impressed.
But not as impressed as I'll be if the ITEs pronounce Iota the correct Greek way.
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07-23-2007, 08:49 PM
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Xi - Zee or Zi??
There's the whole "Alpha Xi Delta" vs. "Theta Xi" - I'm good with both, but can't remember which is "American Greek" and which is "Greek Greek". I know, I know - I have to admit I didn't study my Greek as much as I should have. I cheat and have my husband the Greek teacher help me out! 
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07-23-2007, 08:58 PM
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There's the whole "Alpha Xi Delta" vs. "Theta Xi" - I'm good with both, but can't remember which is "American Greek" and which is "Greek Greek". I know, I know - I have to admit I didn't study my Greek as much as I should have. I cheat and have my husband the Greek teacher help me out! |
Xi is the Greek equivalent of the English X, and the "Greek Greek" pronunciation is "Ksee," with both the k and the s sounds being pronounced.
English speakers are not used to beginning words with a "ks" sound, so we have anglicized all words borrowed from Greek that begin with X, including Xi (and xylophone and Xerxes), by replacing the "ks" sound with a "z" sound.
So,
Ksee is Greek Greek
Zee is Anglicized Greek
Zi is Americanized Greek
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Iotaiee (/i/) as in meet or y as in yetshort iota as i in it; long iota as ee (/i/) in meet 
Theta thth as in thin (but not then); contrast delta above
Etaeee (/i/) as in meete as in set, but held longer[/QUOTE
