Talk:Nu (letter)

Ni ephelkustikon
What is this? Upon Googling this phrase, all I got were references back to this page (Nu). Upon seeing this, I'm deleting the section. Scoutersig 22:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Is the correct pronounciation "new" or "knee"? The previous article on Wiki said "knee", however, Answers.com says it is "new". I'm more inclined to trust an encyclopedia, but more info on pronunciation would be appreciated.


 * Actually, upon looking at English pronunciation of Greek letters and Answers.com, I'm inclined to believe that it's pronounced "new". I'll update the article to reflect that. LazySofa 02:39, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * In Modern Greek, the name of the letter is pronounced either "nee" or "nyee," as it is optionally palatalized before an "ee" sound. In Ancient Greek, the vowel (upsilon) is believed to have been at first pronounced "oo" and later like German ü.  (These are of course approximations.)  (See W. Sidney Allen (1987): Vox Graeca: the pronunciation of Classical Greek, Cambridge: University Press.) Kostaki mou 03:39, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, the correct spelling is Ny (and My). Mu and Nu are not correct. 91.55.105.211 20:47, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Saying it sounds like "new" is not all that helpful, since there are large variations in the way "new" is pronounced by English speakers.  The difference between "Noo York" and "Nyoo York".  I say "Nyoo York" but I say the name of this greek letter in equations as "Noo",  not "Nyoo".

Edit request from Hugolemieux, 19 January 2011
For the article "Nu (letter)",

I think the line "* The frequency of a wave in physics and other fields." should be replaced by "* The spatial frequency of a wave in physics and other fields.", which would be more accurate. Moreover, there is no reference to the letter nu in the "frequency" article.

Hugolemieux (talk) 16:41, 19 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Sounds reasonable, so I'll make the edit; if anyone objects, they can change it back and/or discuss it here. WP:BRD. Thanks,  Chzz  ► 09:29, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

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Requested move 29 April 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Snow close as not moved. No support was expressed, and from the comments, it appears pointless to keep the discussion open. At this juncture, there may be only one band of the brave and belligerent that would seem highly likely to support the proposal. —BarrelProof (talk) 02:41, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Nu (letter) → Ni (letter) – The name "Nu" misleads readers that it is pronounced "Noo" while actually it is pronounced "Nee". —Dimsar01 Talk ⌚→ 12:17, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose – The English pronunciation of this letter is "Nyoo". It is widely used in the sciences and does not need to reflect the Greek pronunciation of the letter. The Greek pronunciation is given in the introduction in parentheses. Blog about the English pronunciation, "Nu" in the Unicode charset, how it's transcribed in maths – Þjarkur (talk) 18:28, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose move. It's commonly known as "nu", so we shouldn't make up a name, especially not "ni" as it isn't even the most common alternative. As your reasoning has been completely disproven by this point, I also request a snowclose; we shouldn't bother to wait the usual one-week period if it obviously can't pass.  ONR  (talk)  19:45, 29 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Oppose and speedy close and slap. In ictu oculi (talk) 20:17, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose strongly, the letter is called "nu" in English. Julia ☺ 22:16, 29 April 2019 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Too much writing for a simple thing
Both Greek letters M (m) and N (n) ought to be pronounced Mi (mi) and Ni (ni) respectively. There are no letters Mu and Nu pronounced letters in the Greek alphabet. --Aristo Class (talk) 12:17, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

'BBX Mathematical Nu'
After a few minutes searching I'm none the wiser as to what 'BBX Mathematical Nu' means in this context. Wikipedia doesn't seem to help either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.184.178.218 (talk) 18:57, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Can we avoid visual confusion here? Suggestion
In my computer (Windows 10, viewing the page with Firefox 94) I find that the Greek letter "ν" is confusingly similar to the English letter "v", which makes phrases like "the lower-case letter ν is used as a symbol for [...]" misleading. Unless I cut&paste the nu to check I just read it as "the lower-case letter vee". I know I'm not the only person who has been led astray by this: I have in fact seen people use a vee where a nu is required, e.g. in mathematical contexts.

Could we possibly use the math form of the letter so it doesn't get changed by rendering engines? I haven't made the change myself because there's probably some precedent about this; in any case I'd like to get some consensus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe in Australia (talk • contribs) 20:48, 29 November 2021 (UTC)


 * The idea has some merit, but I am skeptical that it will get up. The best compromise is going to be to include a note right near the start to say "variously rendered [...] ".  I made such an edit at Greeks_(finance), which has since been simplified by other editors to resemble your suggestion.  —DIV (49.195.177.247 (talk) 11:36, 13 December 2021 (UTC))

Distinguish the name of the letter from the letter itself
The original introductory sentence did not properly distinguish the name of the letter from the letter itself. I have tried to fix that here. I also made a smaller change at Xi (letter) for the same reason. I have not checked the remaining letters. —DIV (49.195.177.247 (talk) 11:38, 13 December 2021 (UTC))

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