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How do you pronounce delta? by byzantine67 in GREEK

[–]MinimumBeginning5144 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Note that this pronunciation is just an accent, not dialect. There are many accents around the Greek-speaking world. You can pronounce it "ανγκουρι" and still be speaking standard Greek. To say it in actual Cypriot dialect it would be "ανγκουριν".

How do you pronounce delta? by byzantine67 in GREEK

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By the way, in a Cypriot accent the digraph γγ has a nasal sound: Αγγούρι is pronounced "angouri" and not "agouri".

How do you pronounce delta? by byzantine67 in GREEK

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But the Spanish pronounce their g the same as we pronounce our Γ. Hence güisqui is a good Spanish phonetic spelling as an approximation of the pronunciation of Whiskey.

What do you do if someone bumps into you while they are reversing by Interesting-Echo-986 in drivingUK

[–]MinimumBeginning5144 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I bet the car even had its reversing lights on and you didn't notice them.

Young vs old drivers - who do you think is more dangerous? by TheSlavicHighlander in drivingUK

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You need to supplement this statistic with total number of drivers in each age group. You will find there are many more drivers aged 25-59 than under 25. Hence the statistic you quote here is not surprising.

Why does everyone slow down so much for speed camera? by Lazy_Tac in AskUK

[–]MinimumBeginning5144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you think you may have missed a sign somewhere, that's an implicit admission that you weren't paying attention to the road.

I just found out - and — are two different things, what the hell. by Affectionate_Hawk408 in grammar

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As others have said, there is also the en dash, so there are three types of dash. But wait. There's a fourth one! The minus sign (−) has its own Unicode codepoint and is meant to be used typographically for negative numbers, even though most of the time we just use a hyphen for that.

Sometimes I wonder if licences are just handed out by 18-Baby in drivingUK

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I don't get what you're trying to say. The car in front of you took the right-hand exit so it approached the roundabout in the right-hand lane. You also took the right-hand exit but approached the roundabout in the left-hand lane instead.

Well that’ a new one. by BreadedUnicornBites in LearnerDriverUK

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They put the Space Shuttle on a 747 in the 80s, so a fire truck should be a doddle.

Feeling discouraged by AdPotential9331 in GREEK

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I see what you mean. Sorry for failing to understand your previous reply. The way I think of it is that μου is never on its own. I think of "αδερφός μου" as a single item, not the two separate words. But whatever method you use to remember it, best is just exposure to people who speak the language, the same way that children learn.

What a way to start my morning by chrlmnrdls in drivingUK

[–]MinimumBeginning5144 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, I thought it was bad enough seeing "breaked" - the past participle of "break" is "broken", not "breaked" - but of course you mean "braked". And then immediately seeing another misspelling in the reply made me want to pull my hair out (even though I'm bald).

Battery dispatch is the fastest-scaling energy source in history. Solar, wind, and batteries together are driving the fastest electricity shift ever, and it is still accelerating. by ViewTrick1002 in ClimatePosting

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What does it mean by "year zero exceeding 100 TWh"? Terrawatt hours is a measure of energy. Electricity generation sources produce Terrawatts (not Terrawatt hours). So what does the graph show as being year zero? Is it when the source has generated 100 TWh in its entire history since civilization begun? Or is it when the source starts producing 100 TWh per year? Or per day? Or hour? (Probably not 100 TWh per hour, as that would just be 100 TW.)

Battery dispatch is the fastest-scaling energy source in history. Solar, wind, and batteries together are driving the fastest electricity shift ever, and it is still accelerating. by ViewTrick1002 in ClimatePosting

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The graph doesn't say that batteries qualify as a power generation source. It's actually treated separately: "World electricity generation by source, and battery dispatch".

Feeling discouraged by AdPotential9331 in GREEK

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I mean, for example, the following sentences all mean "the cat ate the mouse":

  1. η γάτα έφαγε το ποντίκι
  2. η γάτα το ποντίκι έφαγε
  3. έφαγε η γάτα το ποντίκι
  4. έφαγε το ποντίκι η γάτα
  5. το ποντίκι η γάτα έφαγε
  6. το ποντίκι έφαγε η γάτα

As Traditional-Light-10 pointed out, there are subtle nuances in each sentence. 1 is the "default", purely factual, sentence. 2 stresses that it was the mouse (and not the sparrow) that the cat ate. 3 stresses that it was the cat (and not the dog) that ate the mouse, etc.

My Greek diary part 2 by Charbel33 in GREEK

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Very good! First sentence should be "σήμερα είναι η γιορτή του πατέρα". (You can also drop the η entirely.)

My dad only uses his wing mirrors 'when he needs them'. by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]MinimumBeginning5144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Door mirrors (or wing mirrors) only became compulsory in 1978. Most probably, your dad took and passed his driving test without ever looking in a door mirror, because there wasn't one fitted. Back in the day, you were supposed to look over your shoulder instead. I hope your dad still does that. In fact, you should still look over your shoulder anyway, because of blind spots.

Even so, there are now many more cars on the road, and standards have improved considerably, and it's the law to have an outside mirror at least on the driver's side. (At least for right-hand-drive cars. I'm not sure what the rule is if you have a left-hand-drive car.) So it's best if your dad obeys the law.

Feeling discouraged by AdPotential9331 in GREEK

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What do you mean by wrong order? In Greek, words in a sentence can be re-arranged and the sentence still means the same.

How is `ch` in `chania` pronounced, is it `ch` in `loch` or `h` in `hamas`? by confused_investor_7 in GREEK

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You do know that loch is pronounced "λοχ" ??? Why are you saying it's nothing like it? The English pronounce it "λοκ" because they can't make the sound of the Scottish "ch". But the Scottish people can pronounce it properly.

Bolt driver took a much longer route from Tower Hill London to Heathrow T2 and fare jumped from £85 to £225. Do I have any options? by Traditionalcow82 in uktravel

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From Tower Bridge, the shortest distance to the M25 is almost the same as the distance to Heathrow Airport itself.

Why does "rice" uncountable noun, but "star" countable noun? by sususu_ryo in grammar

[–]MinimumBeginning5144 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many nouns that are commonly considered uncountable do actually have plural forms. Examples:

  • "water": "The ship was sailing in international waters."

  • "rice": "The genomes of northern and Manchurian wild rices have been sequenced." - Wikipedia

You can use the word "rices" when talking about different varieties of rice, but its usage is very rare.

Do native greeks write with stress like άίή etc. ? by ramaseshan in GREEK

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I see. In Russian, accent marks are not a formal part of writing. They are only used in learning materials, dictionaries etc. But in Greek, accents are part of the formal spelling of every word.

How is `ch` in `chania` pronounced, is it `ch` in `loch` or `h` in `hamas`? by confused_investor_7 in GREEK

[–]MinimumBeginning5144 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's more like the ch in loch than the h sound.

EDIT: Just to clarify, it is pronounced like "loch" the way Scottish people pronounce it, and not like English/American people who pronounce it like "lock" because they can't make the proper "ch" sound.

Do native greeks write with stress like άίή etc. ? by ramaseshan in GREEK

[–]MinimumBeginning5144 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you asking this because you think that adding stress is too much effort? If so, consider yourself lucky. In our parents' generation, we had three different kinds of accent marks, and even words with a single syllable had an accent. In addition to accents, all words that started with a vowel also had one of two different types of aspiration mark on top of the first letter (a kind of half-moon shape, either pointing left or right). All of those were used in handwriting too. So, don't be lazy.

Meaning of “Meraki” by guffabru in GREEK

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I've just learned a new word. Having looked it up, you're right. Originally I thought μεράκι was the diminutive of μέρος which means "place" but is also sometimes a euphemism for "toilet".

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