[thackney]

And from your link, the next two posts read:

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Yes, Greek doesn’t have a b sound now . 2500 years ago beta was pronounced as a b. Ask anyone who knows classical Greek.

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You’re quite right- the ancient pronunciation would have been like a “B”.

However, as you can see from this site, there are additional complications...

http://www.ancientscripts.com/greek.html

[TigersEye]

You’re quite right- the ancient pronunciation would have been like a “B”.

That isn't what the poster said is it?

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Yes, Greek doesn’t have a b sound now . 2500 years ago beta was pronounced as a b. Ask anyone who knows classical Greek.

. . . and I suppose they know that because archaeologists were able to locate ancient Greek CDs and working CD players in order to document this?