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Day: April 16, 2017

trichotillomania

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Posted in categories: English, Linguistics

The Magister’s comment to Nick Nicholas’ answer to Do you find Thucydides hard to read in Greek? https://www.quora.com/Do-you-fin… I feel your pain. I am sorry to report that’s just Thucydides talkin’, too. Try reading Pericles’ famous speech if you want to develop trichotillomania. I understood the word, and now, you will too: Trichotillomania – Wikipedia: […]

Where can one find the obscure works (i.e. plays and poems) of Nikos Kazantzakis (“Julian the Apostate”, “Odysseus”, “Tertsinas”, etc.)?

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Posted in categories: Literature, Modern Greek

In Greece, it’s not particularly difficult to find all the works of Kazantzakis in any middling bookstore; and bless you for mentioning the Terza Rimas, that I have a lot of affection for. In the Anglosphere, a university with a Modern Greek teaching program will have them. A university that used to have a Modern […]

What does this emoji mean “U0001f60b”?

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Posted in categories: General Language, Writing Systems

There are several online dictionaries of emoji meanings. The intended meaning of [math]unicode{x1f60B}[/math] is “Face Savouring Delicious Food”, which is the Unicode name of the emoji. U0001f60b Face Savouring Delicious Food Emoji (Emojipedia) offers “Used to indicate a silly happiness; goofy; hungry.” U0001f60b (Urban Dictionary) offers “thirsty; desperate” Face Savouring Delicious Food Emoji (Emojibase) notes […]

Should καί be stressed when writing Standard Modern Greek with polytonic orthography?

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Posted in categories: Linguistics, Modern Greek

Yes. It was never written unaccented, because it was never treated as a clitic. On the other hand, the unstressed variant κι was indeed never accented. Answered 2017-04-16 [Originally posted on http://quora.com/Should-καί-be-stressed-when-writing-Standard-Modern-Greek-with-polytonic-orthography/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]

Do you find Thucydides hard to read in Greek?

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Posted in categories: Ancient Greek, Linguistics

In Nick Nicholas’ answer to Are there any dialects of Greek that Nick Nicholas can’t understand?, I just exclaimed: I can kinda understand Attic, but I will sneak peeks at the dictionary when I don’t think you’re looking, and I ain’t touching no Thucydides. So. Let’s touch some random Thucydides. 6.30. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα θέρους […]

Do modern-day Greeks feel continuity with their ancient civilization like Indians or Chinese?

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Posted in categories: Culture, Modern Greek

They proclaim it and they are taught it, and yes, they feel it. But they feel it at a superficial level, as either ancestor-worship, or a totem to beat up Westerners with. Nick Nicholas’ answer to If your country had a slogan what it would be?: “When we Greeks were building Parthenons, you barbarians were […]

Are there any dialects of Greek that Nick Nicholas can’t understand?

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Posted in categories: Ancient Greek, Linguistics, Modern Greek

First up, my vanity is well gratified! Well, there’s the question, and then there’s the details. Can I understand someone speaking modern Tsakonian, or read ancient Arcadian and understand it, sight unseen? Mate, I struggled to understand the Cypriot of my cousin’s husband Fotis; and I have no idea what Homer is on about. Homer! […]