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@rzeta0
The pronunciation of the names of Greek letters by native English speakers seems to be a matter of taste 🙂
In Britain, ϕ is normally 'fye' and π is 'pie', but linguistically I suspect that 'fee' and 'pee' make more sense.
Also, why do Americans pronounce β and ζ as 'bayda' and 'zayda'?!
Also, also, I believe Germans tend to pronounce ζ (et al) with a short 'e' sound (which feels kind of sensible) - i.e. 'zetta'.
What we need is a proper Greek #mathematician to tell us all how say them!
@rzeta0
Native English speakers in general have long been confused about unexpected occurrences of the letter 'i' in 'foreign' words - almost certainly because we have a common word 'I' which we pronounce like the name of the letter, which, compared with most other European languages is a bit weird.
Also, the Great Vowel Shift didn't exactly help.
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