I also call them 'mew' and 'new' in English, but their modern names are 'mee' and 'nee'. I'm not sure what the ancient Greek pronunciation is, but I think that'

I also call them 'mew' and 'new' in English, but their modern names are 'mee' and 'nee'. I'm not sure what the ancient Greek pronunciation is, but I think that's where the 'ew' sound comes from. The same goes for lambda. I use that in math & programming, but the letter Λ is actually called [lamða] in modern Greek ('ð' is the sound of 'th' in 'the'). That's apparently how 'lamda' is supposed to sound.