Greek words

[Stefan Persson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Crocker, John" <John.Crocker at dvn.com>
To: <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Greek words

> Harry wrote: (BTW, how do the English pronounce "Croesus"? Like
"Kreezus"?)
>
> Well, I personally have always pronounced Croesus as crow-ee-suhs with an
emphasis on the "ee" sound.

According to my dictionary, the correct pronunciation is [kri:´səs].

Stefan