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> But the word "Kolumbo" is used 11 times in the article about "Kolumpo" This is just you not knowing that Κολούμπο is "Kolumbo". There's no discrepancy to exp
by thaumasiotes 2y ago
> But the word "Kolumbo" is used 11 times in the article about "Kolumpo"
This is just you not knowing that Κολούμπο is "Kolumbo". There's no discrepancy to explain; they are the same thing and "Kolumpo" would be an error.
It's still true that Columbo isn't a Greek name. But there's nothing unusual about its Greek spelling; there's no other way to spell "b" in modern Greek than "μπ".
- fuzzy_biscuit 2y agoOut of curiosity, is that cluster used in any contexts that are not meant to approximate a 'b' sound?
- ljlolel 2y agoI haven’t seen it.
- Bankroll2398 2y agoThere is a prefix -em (-εμ) which is used to formulate words containing the essence of "within", e.g. "εμπεριέχει" (emperiechei/"including"), or "εμπύρετος (empyretos/"feverish". The sound in such cases veers in the direction of "emp" rather than "eb", due to the prefix. It's still not a distinct m+p, but significantly less voiced than e.g. "μπύρα" (beer)
- thaumasiotes 2y agoexcellent comment, but for future reference: a prefix would normally be written "em-", with the hyphen noting the place where it attaches to its root word.
- shawabawa3 2y ago> there's no other way to spell "b" in modern Greek than "μπ". Did you mean "mb"? Because surely "β" can be used for b, like in our friend κυβερνήτης (kubernetes)
- anticensor 2y agono, μβ would give you a /w/ not a /b/, because "β" is normally a /v/.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoYou've confused modern Greek with ancient Greek. Note also that the normal transcription of ancient Greek κυβερνήτης would be cybernetes (see: "cybernetics"), not kubernetes.