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[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

He was correct. Most Greek organizations use the Americanized version of the Greek Alphabet. There is no "I' sound like in pie in the Greek language. Alpha Xi Delta, I believe, is the only other NPC that pronounces their name in the classic Greek manner.

This isn't really accurate.

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[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

This isn't really accurate.

Paging MysticCat!

What about it isn't accurate? My husband is first generation Greek-American and speaks Greek...this is the source of my knowledge.

[SWTXBelle]

Modern Greek is not the same as Classical Greek - much as modern Italian is not the same as Latin. But for specifics, we do need MysticCat.
And as a long time English teacher, let me say - it is entirely possible to speak a language as your first language and not be fluent in the finer points of grammar, linguistics, syntax, spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation. I always got a chuckle out of hispanic students who thought taking Spanish would be an easy "A" - and then they tripped up on the grammar.
Though come to think of it, we have plenty of evidence of that here everyday at GC!

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Modern Greek is not the same as Classical Greek - much as modern Italian is not the same as Latin. But for specifics, we do need MysticCat.
And as a long time English teacher, let me say - it is entirely possible to speak a language as your first language and not be fluent in the finer points of grammar, linguistics, syntax, spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation. I always got a chuckle out of hispanic students who thought taking Spanish would be an easy "A" - and then they tripped up on the grammar.
Though come to think of it, we have plenty of evidence of that here everyday at GC!

I understand that languages do change over time...I can't understand "English" as spoken by the British, but that being said, the same rules for I apply in classical greek.