You should specify somewhere that you're not using the modern Greek names for the letters - because while they are the same letters, in modern Greek, they are not called like this. For instance : "eta" is "ita" in modern Greek, "beta" is "vita", "upsilon" is "ipsilon", etc.
I thought that was ridiculous too until I saw that his name is "Constantinos" and thought maybe he knows a thing or two about the Greek alphabet. Turns out he's right. But Mi and Ni are the Greek pronunciations and this is an English quiz. So Mu and Nu are correct in this context. But I learned something.
Does that matter? The quiz says "Greek alphabet," not "English names for ancient Greek letters" and though it was supposedly specified in the caveats, they only added the word "ancient"
Regardless, telling a Greek person that a Greek letter "really isn't" what Greeks literally say it is is ridiculous. It "really" is pronounced and spelled that way, it's just *also* known in English by the *ancient* spelling and pronunciation for math and stuff, but that's not really the "Greek alphabet" lol
They don't need to be an "authority" to say how they spell a word in their native language. Again the caveats and title could be more specific if it's not actually the Greek alphabet and just "English names for ancient Greek letters" like you're saying it is. But no matter how you slice it, "It really isn't." is a fairly ignorant response, and so is you implying they're being arrogant or something for... being Greek on a Greek alphabet quiz??? At the very least it's a helpful bit of clarification.
What you think of me is irrelevant. You're still wrong.
There are no Greek letters ("α", "β", "γ" ...) amongst the answer options. Neither are there any Latin transliterations of Greek letters ("a", "b", "g" ...). The quiz is clearly asking us to identify the letters by their names.
But their Greek names or their English names? The questions and answers in all the quizzes on this site are in English, except (off the top of my head) where the quizzes are about foreign words and their English equivalents. Consider how dumb someone sounds when on a geography quiz they complain "It's 'Côte d'Ivoire' actuallaaaaay". Or maybe that person is you.
Regardless, telling a Greek person that a Greek letter "really isn't" what Greeks literally say it is is ridiculous. It "really" is pronounced and spelled that way, it's just *also* known in English by the *ancient* spelling and pronunciation for math and stuff, but that's not really the "Greek alphabet" lol
They don't need to be an "authority" to say how they spell a word in their native language. Again the caveats and title could be more specific if it's not actually the Greek alphabet and just "English names for ancient Greek letters" like you're saying it is. But no matter how you slice it, "It really isn't." is a fairly ignorant response, and so is you implying they're being arrogant or something for... being Greek on a Greek alphabet quiz??? At the very least it's a helpful bit of clarification.
There are no Greek letters ("α", "β", "γ" ...) amongst the answer options. Neither are there any Latin transliterations of Greek letters ("a", "b", "g" ...). The quiz is clearly asking us to identify the letters by their names.
But their Greek names or their English names? The questions and answers in all the quizzes on this site are in English, except (off the top of my head) where the quizzes are about foreign words and their English equivalents. Consider how dumb someone sounds when on a geography quiz they complain "It's 'Côte d'Ivoire' actuallaaaaay". Or maybe that person is you.
Pho is a traditional Vietnamese Noodle Dish
Echo is obviously just a word but a very common code name in spy like movies along with Alpha and Beta
Kilo is obviously for Kilometer
Gimel is a Sign on a Dreidel, a traditional Jewish Toy.
Vega probably just from the creator thinking about what vegetables they had for dinner yesterday while making this quiz.
Rex is from T-Rex or maybe the creator likes toy story, but still T-Rex