"When I spell out the word as it's said (I just learned from you it's called Cyrillic, so thanks!)"
Erm, Cyrillic is just the name of the script in which some Slavic languages (like Russian and Bulgarian, to name just two) are written -- as opposed to Latin script, which we are using.
So, Victor Krum would appear as Виктор Крум in Cyrillic. :) You're citing Harry pronouncing ΥΠΑΚΟΎΝ/υπακουν phonetically; in Latin script it'd be something like "epakoin" -- which he'd need to see to try pronouncing at all, since Harry most likely wouldn't recognize the Greek script apart from the few letters (ά,β,γ,δ, and of course π) used in fairly elemental Maths/geometry he'd have learnt at school before starting Hogwarts.
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Date: 2012-01-04 12:27 am (UTC)"When I spell out the word as it's said (I just learned from you it's called Cyrillic, so thanks!)"
Erm, Cyrillic is just the name of the script in which some Slavic languages (like Russian and Bulgarian, to name just two) are written -- as opposed to Latin script, which we are using.
So, Victor Krum would appear as Виктор Крум in Cyrillic. :) You're citing Harry pronouncing ΥΠΑΚΟΎΝ/υπακουν phonetically; in Latin script it'd be something like "epakoin" -- which he'd need to see to try pronouncing at all, since Harry most likely wouldn't recognize the Greek script apart from the few letters (ά,β,γ,δ, and of course π) used in fairly elemental Maths/geometry he'd have learnt at school before starting Hogwarts.
*stuffs inner teacher back into box*