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Day: March 31, 2017
What is Yevanic?
Yevanic, or Judaeo-Greek, or Romaniote, is the version of Greek formerly spoken by Romaniote (Greek-speaking) Jews. Yevanic language – Wikipedia: There are no longer any native speakers of Yevanic, or have less than 50 speakers, for the following reasons: The assimilation of the tiny Romaniote communities by the more numerous Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jews; The emigration […]
How accurate is this quote from Henry Kissinger about the Greek people in Greece?
It’s a Greek urban legend, of the type Greeks love to boost their persecution complex. On the debunking of the urban legend by language blogger Nikos Sarantakos, see: Η περιβόητη δήλωση Κίσινγκερ και ο Λάκης Λαζόπουλος Ο μύθος για τη δήλωση Κίσινγκερ Και πάλι για τη δήλωση Κίσινγκερ Was it 1974? Or 1973? Or 1997? […]