Devoicing the Plosives!

The sign in the photo reads “Viteo Clup” in Greek letters.

Translated it means “Video Club”. Nope, Greek does have the sounds /d/ and /b/, but a phonological phenomenon in the Cypriot Greek dialect devoices the plosives d/b/g of loanwords to t/p/k.

But first, we should acknowledge a fact. B/d/g are present in Greek (represented in spelling as μπ, ντ, γκ) but the phonology of most Greeks, including the Cypriots who speak Greek makes these consonants prenasalized when not in initial position. So, in medial or final position, d is realized as nd, b as mb and g as ng (voiced plosives can be considered allophones in these positions, still prenasalized voiced plosives are the standard).
Yet, it’s common in the Cypriot Greek dialect (a very “nasal” greek dialect) to de-prenasalize and devoice mp/nd/ng in many words, mostly of english origin. Just avoiding the prenasalization would have resulted a pronunciation close to the original English, but the devoicing makes it unique.
Mainland Greeks find it funny.