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In a similar vain, I always wondered why Greek words starting with an X...
...are pronounced with a Z in English! Its a bloody Xylophone, not a Zylophone, for cryin' out loud! I wonder if this could be a case of Xenophobia (*not* Zenophobia)?
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I have no idea what the history behind that is -- but how is initial "X" pronounced in Greek? Like the English "ks" or something else?

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Like Ch in Bach. õ in õîðîøî. like choke in cafeteria.
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also you need russian to read.
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Exactly :)
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