On Friday 15 September 2006 21:47, Philip Newton wrote:
> > Athinai JatiyaI [jatiHa"i]
> Pronounced roughly /a"TinE/ in modern Greek, though the more commonly
> spoken form is Athina /a"Tina/ (fem.sg. rather than fem.pl.). (Not
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Well, I also first found Athina on a map but my dictionay said "Athinai" and
I read it like a Shaquean, i.e. "ai" is always [a"i]. ;-) More seriously, I
had no idea that "ai" could be [E] in Greek like in French. So...
Athina JasiyA [jasiHa]
> > Lefkossia LevhkosjA {4ef.ko.sja]
> Natively something along the lines of [lEf.ko."si.a] IIRC. Though the
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In that case, and with the missing macron:
Lefkossia LēvhkosijA [4Ef.kosija]
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