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20 Oct 05
20 Oct 05
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Originally posted by Sicilian Smaugkappa
No! Thita with an accent on the i is more accurate but i cant find that on my keyboard😕,...iota
(I would spell theta theta, as it's written with an eta.)
Edit: Too late...
Second edit: If you write "eta" as "ita" and "theta" as "thita" etc., how do you tell iota and eta apart?
20 Oct 05
Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugI know it's pronounced like thita (with an i like in German or French) in modern Greek, but I thought it would still be transcribed as e. I don't know modern Greek, only classical.
My ex was Greek and i know the language quite well, Plus i have found a learn Greek book here which writes it as Thita with an accent on the i. Lamtha
20 Oct 05
Originally posted by mikelomYes, that's approximately how I learned it at school, too. But the Y is transcribed as Y in Germany, so it's "my", "ny" and "ypsilon" (in fact the "y" is called ypsilon in the German alphabet, too). And "omikron" is spelt with "k" (which makes sense, as it's a kappa).
I'm sticking with you!
http://www.stat.sdu.dk/matstat/Glossary/greek.html
I just found the above and it tallies with the version I learned at school.