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- my_weirdness (
my_weirdness) wrote in 
linguaphiles,
my_weirdness
my_weirdness linguaphiles
Translation.
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Three one-hundredths of a second
(Somewhat prompted by watching the Olympics.) Why is that silly redundancy there in "three one-hundredths of a second"? Nobody says "two one-thirds…
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Helena and Penelope, HISTOS (a large web, tapestry) and HISTORY that was not written, but embroided
...Like Penelope, Helen is described as weaving and spinning wool, common tasks for women in the Homeric world. Also in an episode of the…
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EUROPA, etymology
"... Agenor, king of the Phoenician city of Sidon, had a beautiful daughter Europa, literally (in Greek) the "wide-eyed". In fact, of course, not…
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