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[The Cypriot]

No it's Kypros (Κύπρος), cretin

The vast majority of the world's population is unfamiliar with the Greek alphabet, spelling conventions and pronunciation.

For such people, your spelling of Cyprus in the Latin alphabet would result in the following...

Ky- pronounced as in KY-lie Minogue
pros- pronounced as in PROS and cons.

Ky-pros

Most of the world thinks Cypriots call Cyprus "Ky-pros"!

The Cypriot Academy's phonetic spelling of Cyprus in the Latin alphabet would result in the following...

Gi- pronounced as in GI-ve
bros- pronounced as in Piers BROS-nan

Gi-bros

If you want to share the beauty of Cyprus with the world you'd spell it:

Gibros

[Oracle]

No it's Kypros (Κύπρος), cretin

The vast majority of the world's population is unfamiliar with the Greek alphabet, spelling conventions and pronunciation.

For such people, your spelling of Cyprus in the Latin alphabet would result in the following...

Ky- pronounced as in KY-lie Minogue
pros- pronounced as in PROS and cons.

Ky-pros

Most of the world thinks Cypriots call Cyprus "Ky-pros"!

The Cypriot Academy's phonetic spelling of Cyprus in the Latin alphabet would result in the following...

Gi- pronounced as in GI-ve
bros- pronounced as in Piers BROS-nan

Gi-bros

If you want to share the beauty of Cyprus with the world you'd spell it:

Gibros

Tosh and nonsense!

They would just as easily pronounce it:

Gi -- as in Giant.

Familiarity with the expected pronunciation is what drives English. So, your attempt to impart a phonetic language is unnecessary ... and insults those Cypriots with different dialects to your chosen one!

Alright my little Gigolo ....

[The Cypriot]

Tosh and nonsense!

They would just as easily pronounce it:

Gi -- as in Giant.

O, you haven't been doing your homework, naughty GI-rl.
Please study your Cypriot alphabet:

http://cypriotacademy.com/writingcypriot.html

There's a 'j' for spelling a 'j' sound in Cypriot. 'g' is reserved for a 'g' sound. There may be inconsistencies in English spelling and pronunciation causing untold misery to the uninitiated:

cough, dough and plough...for example.

But there is none in the Cypriot.

[DT.]

Tosh and nonsense!

They would just as easily pronounce it:

Gi -- as in Giant.

O, you haven't been doing your homework, naughty GI-rl.
Please study your Cypriot alphabet:

http://cypriotacademy.com/writingcypriot.html

There's a 'j' for spelling a 'j' sound in Cypriot. 'g' is reserved for a 'g' sound. There may be inconsistencies in English spelling and pronunciation causing untold misery to the uninitiated:

cough, dough and plough...for example.

But there is none in the Cypriot.

So we won't use KY because the world is not that familiar with the Greek alphabet but we will use GI because everyone knows that in the Cypriot dialect we pronounce it as GI-rl and not GI-ant

Perhaps there's another form of KY we should be talking about using to stop people coming up with some daft ideas.

[The Cypriot]

Gi-rl is wrong....

This would render something like "Gebros"

"Gi" as in Gi-ve would render the right pronunciation. This is because of inconsistencies in English spelling and pronunciation.

No such inconsistencies exist in the Cypriot.

[denizaksulu]

Gi-rl is wrong....

This would render somehing like "Gebros"

"Gi" as in Gi-ve would render the right pronunciation. This is because of inconsistencies in English spelling and pronunciation.

No such inconsistencies exist in the Cypriot.

Follow the English pronounciation and you are lost. You need a phonetic language like Turkish, and you are never wrong. Gibros is always Gipros.

I wonder what is the proper way to pronounce:

Gigantic

Giga.......(comp)





Who cares.

[Oracle]

Gi-rl is wrong....

This would render somehing like "Gebros"

"Gi" as in Gi-ve would render the right pronunciation. This is because of inconsistencies in English spelling and pronunciation.

No such inconsistencies exist in the Cypriot.

Follow the English pronounciation and you are lost. You need a phonetic language like Turkish, and you are never wrong. Gibros is always Gipros.

I wonder what is the proper way to pronounce:

Gigantic

Giga.......(comp)





Who cares.

On the contrary, your phonetic language causes problems with spelling. Because Turkey is so huge there are many regional, differing pronunciations. Isn't that what the 'Turks of Cyprus' complain about to the 'Turks of Turkey'? ... even here on the forum!

[Lit]

Gibros?? That's how the Armenians call Cyprus. So now i am an Armenian?

[The Cypriot]

Gibros?? That's how the Armenians call Cyprus.

Hear that Bill?

I wasn't convinced, but maybe you're right about its unifying power.

[denizaksulu]

Gi-rl is wrong....

This would render somehing like "Gebros"

"Gi" as in Gi-ve would render the right pronunciation. This is because of inconsistencies in English spelling and pronunciation.

No such inconsistencies exist in the Cypriot.

Follow the English pronounciation and you are lost. You need a phonetic language like Turkish, and you are never wrong. Gibros is always Gipros.

I wonder what is the proper way to pronounce:

Gigantic

Giga.......(comp)





Who cares.

On the contrary, your phonetic language causes problems with spelling. Because Turkey is so huge there are many regional, differing pronunciations. Isn't that what the 'Turks of Cyprus' complain about to the 'Turks of Turkey'? ... even here on the forum!

I will discuss this with you when you learn Turkish. And learn, you can in a short time - at least the pronounciation. Once you learn the alphabet, you can read anything. This has nothing to do with accents, dialects etc. They are all read the same.