Re: most looked-up words

Quoting Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>:

> Hi!
>
> Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> writes:
> >...
> > In Germany, it seems to be pronounced as /ji:ros/ with such regularity that
> one
> > wonders if someone has carried out a massive educational campaign in modern
> > Greek orthography.
>
> Hmm, I never heard that pronunciation.  It's usally /'gy:rOs/ or /'gi:rOs/.
Might been just students, or a local thing. There's plenty of Greeks in Aachen,
afterall.

                                                 Andreas

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