Pre-modern Greek didn't have our letter C, just k, always hard. Latin is more of a problem. Classical pronunciation is the same as for k, k being used only in a few words starting ka.... one of which gives us our word calendar. The Roman Catholic Church has favored an Italianate pronunciation in which c is hard before a, o, and u, soft (like our ss) before i and e. Where a Greek noun ended in -os, its Latin cousin usually ended in -us, the o of Old Latin having changed to u.
At 06:47 AM 6/6/02 -0700, you wrote: >Geeky in a different way: >Aha, Cerebus = Kerberos! So the "k" is hard in Greek? >And how is the Latin version pronounced? "Serebus" or >"Kerebus"? > >Geeky in the computer kinda way: >I want to point out a distinction in free|open source >software that Microsoft in particular uses. The BSD >license >(http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html) >allows others to use such licensed software however >they see fit, as long as credit is given. The GPL >(http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html), >however, requires that software built with GPL >software must be GPL as well. That is why M$ claims >the GPL is a "virus" and "un-American" (???), because >they would be forced to give it away.
