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in reply to a message by Anneza
heh. I like iREEN a lot! It's probably what I would use unless I were living in some German speaking place, and then I'd probably use it only about half the time. Or less.
Apparently i-REEN-ee used to be a pretty standard English pronunciation, which I find interesting.
Apparently i-REEN-ee used to be a pretty standard English pronunciation, which I find interesting.
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Well, Greek used to be taught in UK schools, though of course most of the population never got that far! So it would have been the version that people were familiar with, or at least used to hearing. But as the number of schools teaching Greek started to fade (early 20th century at a guess), so American pop culture started moving in - barbershop quartets singing "Goodnight, iREEN" for instance. So it was probably a natural process from two sides.
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