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minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-26 hours agoThis needs far more upvotes than it has. Maybe people aren’t familiar with the correct pronunciation of that letter?
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThanks! I think the correct pronunciation might technically be /ˈfaɪ/ (FYE), but I’ve heard it pronounced /ˈfi/ (FEE) often enough, I’m not sure.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 hours agoAccording to Wikipedia, modern pronunciation agrees with us (“FEE”), but apparently ancient Greeks would have pronounced it “FEY” (or “FEY-EE”, I can’t quite tell to what degree epsilon-iota was a diphthong).
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours agowhen I see epsilon-iotas on campus, they tend to be diphthongs.
This needs far more upvotes than it has. Maybe people aren’t familiar with the correct pronunciation of that letter?
Thanks! I think the correct pronunciation might technically be /ˈfaɪ/ (FYE), but I’ve heard it pronounced /ˈfi/ (FEE) often enough, I’m not sure.
According to Wikipedia, modern pronunciation agrees with us (“FEE”), but apparently ancient Greeks would have pronounced it “FEY” (or “FEY-EE”, I can’t quite tell to what degree epsilon-iota was a diphthong).
when I see epsilon-iotas on campus, they tend to be diphthongs.
Nice