I have a similar question about the pronunciation of "Strategou" by some units. They pronounce it "STRA-te-GO-U" with the final omicron and upsilon pronounced seperately. Was the diphthong "ou" not pronounced like the "oo" in boot? My "Greek: An Intensive Course" handbook says so, and the "ou" sound was transliterated into Latin as "u" (hence "mousa" becomes "muse"). Is there a reason that it is pronounced this way?