MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · il y a 1 anI'm something of a Joey myselfstartrek.websiteexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up154file-text
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minus-squareprocrastitron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-2il y a 1 an… although, I guess any pronunciation will be wrong because the actual name was “Πτολεμαίος”, so if you wanted a correct transliteration you would have to use “Ptolemaious” Regardless, Joey is still closer to the correct pronunciation.
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-2il y a 1 an Πτολεμαίος You can put it in google translate to hear a modern greek version of it. The P sound is there but nearly silent. https://translate.google.com/?sl=el&tl=en&text=Πτολεμαίος&op=translate
… although, I guess any pronunciation will be wrong because the actual name was “Πτολεμαίος”, so if you wanted a correct transliteration you would have to use “Ptolemaious”
Regardless, Joey is still closer to the correct pronunciation.
You can put it in google translate to hear a modern greek version of it. The P sound is there but nearly silent.
https://translate.google.com/?sl=el&tl=en&text=Πτολεμαίος&op=translate