What are you watching on YouTube now ?

[Bonyduck Campersang]

 

[Broken_Erika]

 

[Birdjaguar]

Crows playing in the snow! Having fun on a snowy day.

 

[Kyriakos]

I wouldn't be laughing, sounds like he has only a few years before lung cancer ^^

 

[Samson]

 

[Kyriakos]

(^What I don't like about that channel is that the "interviewer"/"host" clearly knows next to no math)
The topic of the video is certainly cool, though!

 

[red_elk]

Learned what the word Xenia means in Greek.
Interesting that the video doesn't mention it's a popular female name in some countries. I have two co-workers who have this name.
We pronounce X as Ks though, not Z

 

[Kyriakos]

That's the correct (Greek) pronunciation ^^
It's also incongruent to pronounce xenos* as zenos, but Zeno still as Zeno

*the x in English has the sound of the Greek letter Ξ, which is the one in ξένος. Pronounced as ks. Αξ a question.

 

[Arakhor]

Do you call him Zeno in Greek as well, or are you just using his much more well-known name?

 

[Kyriakos]

Do you call him Zeno in Greek as well, or are you just using his much more well-known name?

I'll risk it, being of the view this isn't a set-up for a horrible pun
What is "his much more well-known name" supposed to be? [and yes, we call him Zeno(n)].

meh, so you just meant that in the hypothetical case the name was pronounced/spelled very differently in English, that would be "his much more well-known name"? As Herakles would say in that English-speaking show:

 

[Zardnaar]

If true congrats @Kyriakos

 

[Kyriakos]

It's not.

 

[Zardnaar]

It's not.

Country stats look good same crap different day on the street??

 

[Kyriakos]

They don't. The country is not just bankrupt but a debt colony.

 

[red_elk]

I'll risk it, being of the view this isn't a set-up for a horrible pun
What is "his much more well-known name" supposed to be? [and yes, we call him Zeno(n)].

I believe spelling X as Z is just an English language peculiarity. For example Zenia sounds ugly comparing to Xenia IMO, these are two different letters for reason.
Same for Zenon which can be confused with Xenon this way.

 

[Kyriakos]

They pronounce Xenophon, Zenophon too

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

When you pronounce ξ, is the 'k' sound as pronounced as in this video, or is the sound more subtle?

 

[Arakhor]

I'll risk it, being of the view this isn't a set-up for a horrible pun
What is "his much more well-known name" supposed to be? [and yes, we call him Zeno(n)].

I meant whether you say Zenon when speaking Greek or just default to Zeno.

 

[Kyriakos]

I meant whether you say Zenon when speaking Greek or just default to Zeno.

No, the name ends in "n"

@Bonyduck Campersang , no one here pronounces ξ like that.

 

[red_elk]

Should be pronounced "ks" like in sex or taxes, I believe.