A Conversation for The Greek Alphabet
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Azimuth Started conversation Dec 4, 1999
Any chance of including images to show the good folks at home what the letters look like? Might be useful...
Azimuth
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Irving Washington - Gone Writing Posted Dec 4, 1999
Yes, it was in hopes of finding such images that I clicked this link! 
~Irving
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Son-of-a-Bob Posted Dec 4, 1999
A phonetic pronunciation guide would be helpful, too, for all of us who are wondering how to say 'Xi' (other than 'eleven').
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Ariadni (Keeper of Dolphins and Cinnamon Incense) Posted Apr 11, 2000
Well, Xi (of course is not 11 and it) can be pronounced properly if you think about it as KSI and pronounce it exactly like that. Now that I think about it it sounds more or less like the way you pronounce the letter 'x' in the word exactly!
And before you ask me how I know... I AM GREEK!
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Crokinole Posted Apr 11, 2000
Here ya go, this link to the Merriam-Webster dictionary shows what the Greek (and other) alphabet looks like:
http://www.m-w.com/mw/table/alphabet.htm
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TZOTZIOY Posted Jul 10, 2000
One easy way to see the letter glyphs, is to copy the following two lines in a text processing application and apply the Symbol font to them:
ABGDEZHQIKLMXOPRSTUFCYW
abgdezhqiklmnxoprstufcyw
Even better would be if Sigma Delta would include them in the article as (valid both for GuideML and HTML):
ABGDEZHQIKLMXOPRSTUFCYW
abgdezhqiklmnxoprstufcyw
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TZOTZIOY Posted Jul 10, 2000
Xi pronounced as ksee
("x" sound as in "picks", not as in "examination", which sounds like "ekzamination"
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Saint Acolyte Hezher - P. S. of Chocoholics, Keeper of Chocolate, muse of death by chocolate, Seraph of death by chocolate Posted Sep 3, 2000
The symbols for the Greek alphabet can be found at A429590
Sorry they're a bit small, I'll change it later
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Saint Acolyte Hezher - P. S. of Chocoholics, Keeper of Chocolate, muse of death by chocolate, Seraph of death by chocolate Posted Sep 8, 2000
Ok, so I've managed to get them the right size. You can find the symbols, their greek names and the english equivalent for the Greek alphabet at:
http://www.h2g2.com/A429590
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Saint Acolyte Hezher - P. S. of Chocoholics, Keeper of Chocolate, muse of death by chocolate, Seraph of death by chocolate Posted Sep 8, 2000
Ok, so I've managed to get them the right size. You can find the symbols, their greek names and the english equivalent for the Greek alphabet at:
http://www.h2g2.com/A429590
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- 1: Azimuth (Dec 4, 1999)
- 2: Irving Washington - Gone Writing (Dec 4, 1999)
- 3: Son-of-a-Bob (Dec 4, 1999)
- 4: Ariadni (Keeper of Dolphins and Cinnamon Incense) (Apr 11, 2000)
- 5: Crokinole (Apr 11, 2000)
- 6: TZOTZIOY (Jul 10, 2000)
- 7: TZOTZIOY (Jul 10, 2000)
- 8: Saint Acolyte Hezher - P. S. of Chocoholics, Keeper of Chocolate, muse of death by chocolate, Seraph of death by chocolate (Sep 3, 2000)
- 9: Saint Acolyte Hezher - P. S. of Chocoholics, Keeper of Chocolate, muse of death by chocolate, Seraph of death by chocolate (Sep 8, 2000)
- 10: Saint Acolyte Hezher - P. S. of Chocoholics, Keeper of Chocolate, muse of death by chocolate, Seraph of death by chocolate (Sep 8, 2000)
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