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arrow-up151imageI'm something of a Joey myselfstartrek.website@[email protected] to Linguistics [email protected]English • 13 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-213 days ago… although, I guess any pronunciation will be wrong because the actual name was “Πτολεμαίος”, so if you wanted a correct transliteration you would have to use “Ptolemaious” Regardless, Joey is still closer to the correct pronunciation.
minus-squareteftlinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-213 days ago Πτολεμαίος You can put it in google translate to hear a modern greek version of it. The P sound is there but nearly silent. https://translate.google.com/?sl=el&tl=en&text=Πτολεμαίος&op=translate
… although, I guess any pronunciation will be wrong because the actual name was “Πτολεμαίος”, so if you wanted a correct transliteration you would have to use “Ptolemaious”
Regardless, Joey is still closer to the correct pronunciation.
You can put it in google translate to hear a modern greek version of it. The P sound is there but nearly silent.
https://translate.google.com/?sl=el&tl=en&text=Πτολεμαίος&op=translate