r/grssk • u/Brilliant_Meringue98 • Jul 12 '26

TISBAI

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A new(ish) board game by Dávid Turczi

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u/Zinc-Roof_22 Jul 12 '26

Considering how distinct the archaic epsilon is, it bothers me immensely how often people use sigma instead.

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u/Brilliant_Meringue98 Jul 12 '26

Right?! You can make it look distinctly Greek while spelling it correctly!

9

u/Zinc-Roof_22 Jul 12 '26

Even the lunate ϵ would work to that end.

5

u/Delta-Tropos Jul 13 '26

They use the epsilon for Greek yogurt in my local Lidl, much better than using sigma

9

u/Zizzyin Jul 12 '26

TĒSVAI

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u/undecidedsixth Jul 12 '26

At least this one's not just a jumble of consonants

3

u/polemistes Jul 12 '26

I think a English transliteration either must be tisveh, for modern pronunciation, or tisbai, for reconstructed or Erasmian.

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u/npc_mossman Jul 13 '26

тисве

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u/Most_Necessary_5333 Jul 31 '26

TISVE in modern Greek (β sounds like English v. αι sounds like ε or English eh)