[B-Greek] Pronouncing letter names

Blake T. Garretson blakeg at metalink.net
Thu Oct 2 22:33:55 EDT 2003


I'm learning NT Greek from books, and while they tell you how to 
pronounce the sounds the letters make, they don't tell how to correctly 
pronounce the letter name itself.  I'm an engineer, so I'm quite 
familiar with all of the letters (via equations and formulas), but  I 
suspect  engineering professors are the worst source for correct Greek 
pronounciation!

What's the "right" way to prounce the letter xi?  "Zee" or "zie" (rhymes 
with pie)?  Does "chi" rhyme with "pie", or is it pronounced "key"?  
Same with psi and phi?  I've had some profs say "fee", and some "fie".

Confused,
Blake Garretson




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