Gk

• “The Christian scripture was refered to in Gk. as Ta Biblia as early as c. 223.”

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• “Mycenaean *miltos 'red mineral' Gk μίλτος 'red chalk”

  A Minoan word for red dye

• “Wildly defective genitives *mlitós → Hit milittas, Lat mellis, Gk μέλιτος, Ir melo, Arm melu.”

  Missing honey

• “Previously I justified a Minoan reconstruction *léri (Lat lilium, Gk leirion) with *e rather than a possible alternative *ai and this is helped along by the Greek geographical name Lerna which may specifically attest to *e if meaning '(Place) of Lillies'.”

  New info on 'lily'

• “Never knew peeps like Gk still exist. that was very nice of him and also the person who donated the money.”

  Appreciating a kind heart

• “It reminded me of when Zorba of Z. the Gk said, “But Boss, life IS trouble!””

  Torturing Your Character

• “My play: starting with O'Bama comes O'Hama (hama - hippo in kanji - sound association with hypocrite), O'Bomber (rhymes with great Haavaard snob alumni Una-Bomber - the Kacynski), Obummer, OXAMA (X for capital in Gk, by taking side bars off 'B'; sounds similar to O'SAMA - same Muslim family tradition).”

  NObama: Stop the Madness

• “The preposition di is used 'in wds of Gk origin or in Eng. formations modelled on them, w. the sense”

  Making Visible: The Diorama, the Double and the (Gothic) Subject

• “Heb. pun: Sa3aR MiNSHaKH KeLeV = hair bite dog compare Gk Cerberus, the 3-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades”

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• “The table for cross sections of wooden beams shows sections for coniferous wood (NH) of grade II (Gk II) for clear widths of rooms (w) from 2.0”

  6. Load on Wooden Beams

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