Re:EleutherAI announces it has become a non-profit
by canjobear on Thursday March 02, 2023 @04:51PM
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The English convention is to pronounce -eu- in Greek words as /ju/, not /ef/.
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Re:EleutherAI announces it has become a non-profit
by telotortium on Thursday March 02, 2023 @05:09PM
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Yes, basically Greek words in English are pronounced as Latin loanwords, according to how the Greek words would have been pronounced in Latin around AD 1 (except that ph and th, but not ch, are pronounced as fricatives in English). Greek αυ and ευ were still pronounced as diphthongs at the time.
Re:EleutherAI announces it has become a non-profit
by elkos on Thursday March 02, 2023 @06:12PM
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My name is Ελευθέριος and I transliterate it as Eleftherios in English.
Re:EleutherAI announces it has become a non-profit
by spapas82 on Friday March 03, 2023 @12:23AM
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There's a "standard" way of how greek words should be transliterated in English (ELOT 743). You can test it here https://www.passport.gov.gr/passports/GrElotConverter/GrElot...
And yes, Eleftherios is the correct transliteration :)