Lastly, two storms with Greek alphabet names were retired, Eta and Iota, and there was no plan in place to retire Greek alphabet names. FILE – In this Nov. 6, 2020 file photo, ...

The same but different. Some letters of the Greek alphabet are identical to Latin ones though some of them sound different: B [v], Η [ee], Ι [ee], Ρ [r], Υ [ee], Χ [ch] Others are completely ...

But the Greek alphabet also has letters that look familiar but sound different – P makes an R sound. Then there are letters that are unrecognizable, such as psi – shaped like a little pitchfork.

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season finished with 30 total named storms — the most in any year on record — but three of those names will never be used again.

The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing a major reevaluation thanks to ground breaking research. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.

The runic alphabet, or Futhark, gets its name from its first six letters (f, u, th, a, r, k), much like the word "alphabet" derives from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta.

The new system, which was announced Monday, is based on the letters of the Greek alphabet. The United Kingdom variant, called by scientists B.1.1.7, will now be Alpha.