Love
Deity
Ive started this tread fore discuissing fonetic of all your different languages, and yes Rossiya, in my part we say Sweerye 
Fonetic tread!
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Swedishguy
Deity
What's ''fonetic''? I've never heard of it before.
Love
Deity
Fonetik??
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Language
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Lurker
I take it you mean "Phonetic"?
Love
Deity
Language? Yes...
That swedish influence
That swedish influence
Swedishguy
Deity
In that case when...
I speak swedish! Surprise!
I speak swedish! Surprise!
Love
Deity
I thoght you speak zulu...
Abaddon
Deity
Phonetic for the win!
Tomoyo
Fate
Because phis have always been been transliterated "phi."
As for why that is, it probably has something to do with the original pronunciation of phi. It was probably more aspirated than a normal f, probably involving a heavy breath. I know that this is why rho and chi are transliterated with an h.
As for why that is, it probably has something to do with the original pronunciation of phi. It was probably more aspirated than a normal f, probably involving a heavy breath. I know that this is why rho and chi are transliterated with an h.
Swedishguy
Deity
Telefon > telephone
As far as I know ''telephone'' is not a greek word. Explanation?
As far as I know ''telephone'' is not a greek word. Explanation?
Love
Deity
Maybe its latin... Yeah, Tele- Phone
Tomoyo
Fate
Phon- is a Greek root meaning sound.
Telefon is probably a word that went through English before getting to Swedish and therefore was spelled phonetically.
Telefon is probably a word that went through English before getting to Swedish and therefore was spelled phonetically.
and tele means far, or distance, or something like that.
Wasn't phi pronounced more like a 'p' but with 'h' after it? Hence the ph sound gradually turning into 'f'.
The oddity is zeta, which was pronounced 'zd', but is transliterated 'z'.
Wasn't phi pronounced more like a 'p' but with 'h' after it? Hence the ph sound gradually turning into 'f'.
The oddity is zeta, which was pronounced 'zd', but is transliterated 'z'.
Tomoyo
Fate
Isn't zeta pronounced "dz?"
When the first Greek --> Latin transliteration occurred, zeta was translated as z, but it was considered two consonants (evidenced by how in Latin poetry, all consonants immediately before a z are long). Then I suppose the dz turned into a z in everyday talk for convenience's sake.
When the first Greek --> Latin transliteration occurred, zeta was translated as z, but it was considered two consonants (evidenced by how in Latin poetry, all consonants immediately before a z are long). Then I suppose the dz turned into a z in everyday talk for convenience's sake.
