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That Guy said:
well if you really want to follow the original greek letters, then if Zed = Zeta, then B should follow the same form as Beta, and so on and so forth.


Well ignoring the other replies about it being English, not Greek. Here is the Greek Alphabet to prove that silly rules like that don't make sense anyway.

English spelling
of Greek letter
Greek
Letter
  
Alpha

 α

A aee
Beta

 β

B bee
Gamma

 γ

Y waii
Delta

 δ

D dee
Epsilon

 ε

E ee
Zeta

 ζ

Z zed
Eta

 η

H haich
Theta

 θ

??? probably the letter for the "th" sound
Iota

 ι

I aii
Kappa

 κ

K kai
Lambda

 λ

L el
mu

 μ

M em
nu

 ν

N en
xi

 ξ

??? suspected letter "C"?
omicron

 ο

O ow
pi

 π

P pee
rho

 ρ

R ar
sigma

 σ

S es
tau

 τ

T tee
upsilon

 υ

U yu
phi

 φ

??? perhaps "F"
chi

 χ

X eks
psi

 ψ

??? unknown, probably seperate sound
omega

 ω

W double yu
    
    missing in English "G" and "J"
(coincidence that these two letters are similar in English?)

If by your means Beta becoming "bee" means that Zeta should become "zee", how do you explain "aee", "dee" "ee" "pee" and "tee" are from alpha, delta, epsilon etc... instead of aeta, deta, eta, peta, and teta. (also C may be xi instead of ceta)