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    Default Re: greek diphthongs pronunciation

    Quote Originally Posted by Visarion View Post
    I know now that in ancient times Greek words were pronunced differently but I still think that Modern Greek sounds better! :) No offence!
    Anyway I like Celtic, Germanic and Iranian pronunciatian and voices in EB much better than Greek voices and pronunciation! Again no offence! Just trying to help... Thanks for understanding!
    Great EB team by the way!

    Well the idea is that I grew up in a village in Romania where there are Greek inhabitants and they speak an obsolete form of Greek. I know Modern Greek too! What I want to say is that Greek pronunciation in EB doesn't sound natural, it sounds like an Englishman trying to speak French if you know what I mean... :) :D

    with all respect for the people who spent countless hours on this mod and made something else... something great! :)
    Accent and pronounciation are two different things though.

    AFAIK my ancient Greek the pronounciation is good in EB.
    The accent is indeed a bit unnatural. But then again, unless you find a 2300 year old Greek the accent will stay. A modern Greek will sound just as unnatural - though perhaps less English at times.
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    Default Re: greek diphtongs pronunciation

    There is a modern Greek among the voices.
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    ὁ δ᾽ ἠλίθιος ὣσπερ πρόβατον βῆ βῆ λέγων βαδίζει” – Kratinos in Dionysalexandros.

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    you know what's really annoying? I don't know how to express myself! At pezhetairoi for example when the unit says "pezhetairoi" followed by "pz pz" . And this phenomenon apears at almost all Hellenistic units...
    Last edited by Visarion; 11-15-2009 at 23:30.
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    That is a clipping issue --not an intended pronunciation or actual recorded result: it is a data corruption presumably resulting from converting to the in game audio format. I thought this had been resolved for EB 1.1/1.2 though?
    - Tellos Athenaios
    CUF tool - XIDX - PACK tool - SD tool - EVT tool - EB Install Guide - How to track down loading CTD's - EB 1.1 Maps thread


    ὁ δ᾽ ἠλίθιος ὣσπερ πρόβατον βῆ βῆ λέγων βαδίζει” – Kratinos in Dionysalexandros.

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    Default Re: greek diphtongs pronunciation

    I think authenticity is the best pursuit here.

    As a Norwegian, I think Old Norse sounds weird, but its certainly very appropriate for any depiction based on the period and region where they were speaking it.

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