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

    Think Progress » Lieberman Gets A Chuckle Out Of Peddling Far-Right Nuke Myth 2010

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

    A Minoan word for red dye 2010

  • 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' 2010

  • 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 2008

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

    Archive 2010-03-01 2010

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

    Missing honey 2010

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

    Torturing Your Character 2007

  • 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 James F. McGrath 2008

  • 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 2005

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

    languagehat.com: PATAPOUFS! ANTHROPOPHAGES! 2004

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