British people tell me ‘dynasty’ is pronounced with a short i in the first syllable (obviously because of the y, hence gym) and then turn around and spell tire as the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre.
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Don’t get me started on “Byzantine.”
Yeah, I'll never get why we sometimes spell 'Eastern Roman Empire' with a Byz. There's no B, Y or Z in it!
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I’m reading Ed Watts’ new book and the lengths he’ll go to avoid using that word. “Constantinopolitan Romans” doesn’t roll of the tongue so well I’m afraid.
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I have to admit, if I was doing the post-470 ERE, I think my instinct is to call them 'the Romaioi' with just a clarifying note somewhere at the beginning. But that's not an ideal solution either!
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