Re: Pronounce Galois
From: Thomas Nordhaus (thnord2002_at_yahoo.de)
Date: 10/28/04
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:49:31 +0200
israel@math.ubc.ca (Robert Israel) schrieb:
>
>"YOU-klid" is standard in English, but in Greek I'm told it's
>"EF-klid-eez".
You have to distinguish between modern Greek and ancient (classical)
Greek. I heard they are quite different languages. I bet the
pronunciation was different, too (any sound tracks from B.C. left?)
>
>>Euler
>
>"OIL-er"
That's right, although the final r isn't pronounced much at all. Don't
pronounce it the Texan way.
Thomas
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