As far as pronounciation goes:
Our Americanized Greek alphabet uses a hybrid of Greek and English pronounciations. The Greek way to pronounce letters like Phi, Chi, Psi, Xi and Pi would be Fee, Kee, See, Zee, and Pee, respectively. Also, Beta, Zeta, Eta, and Theta are Greek and we pronounce those letters, "correctly"
For instance, Phi Beta Kappa in Greek would be Fee Bayta Kahpa. In English it would be Fie Beeta Kaypa. However, we use a hybrid which we know as Fie Bayta Kahpa.
Conversely, more often then not hybrids are the norm in GLOs. One major exception would be FIJI, aka Phi Gamma Delta. Make the connection.....
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