Quote Originally Posted by vartan View Post
It's not uncommon to see a confusion of X, KH, CH, and so on. Orthography, transcription, and IPA representations are three different things and easily confused when thrown out there without any further description. The transcription Arche can be (mis)read in a variety of ways. If one reads the the last consonant in that term as the Ancient Greek X (chi, regardless of which transcription you use), you'd get either a fricative (turbulent sound such as in the first consonant of the or shame) or a stop (the first consonant in kite). I know there was a shift to the latter since modern Hellenophones pronounce a stop, but I don't think there is consensus on when this shift occurs.
Ah. My understanding, which I'm by no means sure is correct, had been that X is simply an aspirated kappa--in which case it seemed, to me, anyway, more natural to use "kh," to specify that it is not a fricative. Of course, I'd defer to you guys on that, but it struck me as odd when I saw "ch" in-game.


Quote Originally Posted by XSamatan View Post
No it is not, saying something while having no arguments at hand to support your point of view and furthermore postulate a theory like yours, well, that's imprudent at least.

If you tell me you native tongue I surely can suggest a book about this topic.

XSamatan
My apologies, then--clearly, I misread your tone. My native tongue is English, and if you have a historical linguistics book you'd particularly recommend, I would really appreciate it, as I'm building a summer reading list.

In any case, I do stand by my wish to see more effectual blockades and economic warfare in EB2, although I recognize that it isn't easy to balance that out with monetary assistance scripts, which I assume are going to return.