How do you pronounce "phi"?

[CraigRT]

pronounce it however you want... is there really a correct way?? i mean, as others have said, there are other ways of saying it in other words..

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: onza
ffffffffeye...

 

[silverpig]

Here is how my physics professors pronounced their greek letters:

beta - beeta
omega - OM-ega
Phi - fee
gamma - gawma
Epsilon - ep-S(EYE)L-on


There were probably a few others too

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Syringer
My old physics teacher would pronounce it so it'd rhyme with ME..while my current calc teacher pronounces it so it rhymes with MY. Which is the proper way?

yup.

 

[Comp625]

Psi Phi

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: SharkyTM
in sororities/frats, it depends on the next letter... i forget how it goes, but if the next letter starts w/ a vowel, its supposed to be ph-aye, if its a consonant, its ph-EE... if its the past letter, its ph-AYE

dont quote me, but its something like that

I've never heard it pronounced as any other than 'feye'. And my greek Phys1 Prof. pronounced it 'fee'.

 

[eakers]

phe like fee

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
my name = PHI-UR

guess what it means!!??!?!!?

haha fire

 

[illusion88]

fe phi fo fum?

 

[Dacalo]

fhi

 

[jaydee]

Originally posted by: BennyD
what is phi?

In physics, it's often used to represent a second angle (when theta is already taken), and also for phase constant in waves.

As for the pronounciation, in my college honor society, I'm part of the F-EYE theta kappa, but in physics, the angle is FEE. So I dunno.

 

[her209]

Its pronounced pho

 

[Sid59]

(short)f-eye

 

[wfbberzerker]

physics is phun

 

[WinkOsmosis]

I believe it's F-eye in greek... the Greet letter for the "eee" sound is "e", as in Athene, pronounced Atheenee... we call her Athena for some reason.