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<p>[QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 7666750, member: 84047"][USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] and I were yesterday talking about the epigraphic evidence of the evolving pronunciation of certain Greek and Latin letters in late antiquity, especially as seen from his Carthage Justin II. I pointed out το him that, to complicate things, in modern Greek, in order to get the “B” sound (since B is pronounced V), they combine ΜΠ. And Δ is now pronounced “Th”, so to get the sound of D, they combine ΝΤ. Now this is where it gets fun:</p><p><br /></p><p>A friend and I used to amuse ourselves at the office reading Greek newspaper accounts about western celebrities; the spelling gets really strange and at times seems downright perverse if viewed from a Roman alphabet-based perspective.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, at @Valentinian’s request, here are a few of the stranger ones. I should add that Greek always prefaces a proper name with the definite article (the). Depending upon the sex of the person, that will be either the feminine H or the masculine Ο, hence the initial letter in the examples below. Now heaven help the Hellenes if they are going to have to deal with that non-binary business…</p><p><br /></p><p>Η <i>Ρουθ</i> <i>Μπέιντερ</i> <i>Γκίνσμπεργκ</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Η Χίλαρι</i> Ρόνταμ <i>Κλίντον</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Η <i>Τέιλορ</i> <i>Σουίφτ</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Ο <i>Τζέιμς Μπάλντουιν</i></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Ο <i>Μπομπ Ντίλαν (my favorite)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Ο Τζάστιν <i>Μπίμπερ</i></p><p><br /></p><p>O <i>Τζίμι Χέντριξ</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Ο <i>Ντόναλντ</i> <i>Τραμπ</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Ο <i>Μάο</i> Τσετούνγκ[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 7666750, member: 84047"][USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] and I were yesterday talking about the epigraphic evidence of the evolving pronunciation of certain Greek and Latin letters in late antiquity, especially as seen from his Carthage Justin II. I pointed out το him that, to complicate things, in modern Greek, in order to get the “B” sound (since B is pronounced V), they combine ΜΠ. And Δ is now pronounced “Th”, so to get the sound of D, they combine ΝΤ. Now this is where it gets fun: A friend and I used to amuse ourselves at the office reading Greek newspaper accounts about western celebrities; the spelling gets really strange and at times seems downright perverse if viewed from a Roman alphabet-based perspective. Anyway, at @Valentinian’s request, here are a few of the stranger ones. I should add that Greek always prefaces a proper name with the definite article (the). Depending upon the sex of the person, that will be either the feminine H or the masculine Ο, hence the initial letter in the examples below. Now heaven help the Hellenes if they are going to have to deal with that non-binary business… Η [I]Ρουθ[/I] [I]Μπέιντερ[/I] [I]Γκίνσμπεργκ[/I] [I]Η Χίλαρι[/I] Ρόνταμ [I]Κλίντον[/I]. Η [I]Τέιλορ[/I] [I]Σουίφτ Ο [I]Τζέιμς Μπάλντουιν[/I][/I] Ο [I]Μπομπ Ντίλαν (my favorite)[/I] Ο Τζάστιν [I]Μπίμπερ[/I] O [I]Τζίμι Χέντριξ[/I] Ο [I]Ντόναλντ[/I] [I]Τραμπ[/I] Ο [I]Μάο[/I] Τσετούνγκ[/QUOTE]
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