XPICTOC (was Re: Russian names (was: Re: A perfect day...))

At 11:52 pm +0100 3/2/00, Irina Rempt wrote:
>On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, BP Jonsson wrote:
>
>> Greek: XPICTOC ['xristos]  -- i.e. most Greeks so called are not actually
>> named "Christ"! :-)
>
>Christ, to be exact, is called [xris'tos];
Quite right - stressed on the second syllable, therefore not the same as
BP's familiar form of Christophoros.

>I don't know whether to
>spell it with eta or iota, because all the Greek we sing is in
>transcription :-)
Iota

Ray.

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