We had aeon mag, now we have aero mag. What's next? Aether mag?
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(Not that I dislike those websites. Just like being rude and wordplay.)
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I think I speak for everyone here, when I say 'thank you'.
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Thaeonk yaeou
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Speaking of... I'm confused a little as to how we go from αιώνας to aeon. Can anybody explain why the iota becomes an e in English? In Modern Greek it means century. In Ancient Greek probably something similar but like vague so like "big amount of time".
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To be clear it always goes from iota to e, it's not just specific to this word. BUT epsilon always becomes e in English. So αέρας is aero.
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I think it's the primacy of how things sound maybe? Does English have -ai-?
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I doubt it's a simple answer. Bearing in mind I'm a bilingual from my first words, I can assure you there's no single simple rule or explanation. In English the way we say words like Thucydides is in no way similar to Greek, for example.
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Is that the greendale college magazine?pic.twitter.com/o132fqVZsa
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