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Where are you getting an /f/ sound from? Edit: Ah, it seems the digraph "ευ" is pronounced /ef/ in Modern Greek, despite (by convention) being transliterated "
by akavi 4y ago
Where are you getting an /f/ sound from?
Edit: Ah, it seems the digraph "ευ" is pronounced /ef/ in Modern Greek, despite (by convention) being transliterated "eu".
- spapas82 4y agoCorrect. Thee same pronunciation exists in ancient greek for example ευ ζην is ef zin (the good life). Also the ευ situation is a little more complex ie sometimes it is pronunciated as ev (depending if the next letter is a vowel).
- akavi 4y agoWikipedia suggests that "ευ" was pronounced /eu̯/ in ancient greek[0]. My suspicion is that "ευ ζην" is an Ancient Greek "fixed phrase" which is pronounced with Modern Greek phonology. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_phonology#Diphthongs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_phonology#Diphth...
- dwringer 4y agoHuh, this seems to be the same linguistic phenomenon observed in British English with the word "lieutenant" but perhaps independently evolved.