Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

Charlie wrote:
>>It's interesting how we can see things differently.  I always thought
>>Elvis was a Greek noun with the plural Elvides.
That's almost more fun than the Latin.....Is (Class.Gk)
epsilon-lambda-beta-iota-sigma a possible Gk. word (I'm thinking of that
-lb- cluster) > modern Gk ['Elvis].  Could it be spelled eps-l-_upsilon_-is
in modern?? I suspect not, IIRC upsilon is pronounced as [v] only between
vowels.

A friend of our family (with no knowledge of Greek that I know of) once said
he needed to buy more _servides_ ['s@r\vIdiz]-- in response to Wha??? he
showed us the empty package of _Servaides_ cocktail napkins.  We've called
them servides ever since :-))))

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