[thackney]

In Greek it is:

I don't know how you go from Beta to a "V".

[TigersEye]

The Firing Line

If you guys are really interested in a debate on it there is one on that forum.

I don't know how you go from Beta to a "V".

Here is what one poster said about that...

My mother is Greek and I speak the language fluently.

What most people don't realize is the Greek alphabet doesn't have a "B" sound. "Beta" is pronounced "Veeta".

That's why the Greek word for Beer is pronounced "Beera" but is spelled (substituting English letters here) the equivalent of "MPyra" because the mu-pi (MP) sound is the closest thing to "B" in the language.

So that's how you go from Beta to V.

[Justa]

Olde English. Vs were used for the B sound, Fs for the S, etc. I suspect when spelling was upgraded the greek phrase’s v was converted to a b with all the rest of ‘em.

A rofe by any other name is still a rofe.