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thaumasiotes 49 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Deleting multiplayer from the Unreal engine can sa...

Note that ν is an N, not a V. I think the standard transliteration of φτύνω from modern Greek would be "ftino".

(Note also that "tough" is pronounced t-uh-f /tʌf/, with nothing O-like anywhere in it.)

jorvi 47 days ago [–]

I wonder if that's because of the two different ways you can spit: without windup ("tuf" sound) and with windup / breathing in ("hff-tuf" sound).

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