Pronouncing omicron again
Improving a sentence from The New Yorker.
The Greek alphabet and us
A Washington Post article about the Greek alphabet in our time.
Pronouncing omicron
From The Wall Street Journal : “However You Pronounce ‘Omicron,’ You’re Probably Saying It Wrong.”
How to pronounce omicron
Several ways.
ΠΙΚΣ
“Many Greeks were angered by the apparent misspelling of the name of the Greek goddess Nike on the newly launched sneakers by the American multinational of the same name.”
Word of the day: aegis
The modern meanings of aegis always throw me for a moment, because when I see the word I think of Athena, whose aegis scares the bejeezus out of people.
From the Saturday Stumper
A cleverer than clever clue from the Newsday Saturday Stumper , by Frank Longo, 53-Down, four letters: “Compliment that some complain about.”
Word of the day: tyrant
Our president-elect appears to possess the traits of both Platonic and theatrical tyrants.
Sappho is not pleased
Kinda remarkable that The New York Times can publish a review of a novel entitled Sweetbitter that fails to gloss the title.
Teaching ancient Greek
“Sisyphus would sympathize with my condition.”
Word of the day: apotropaic
A wonderful word from the Greek.
Word of the day: phony
Could “phonein” explain “phony” — something that sounds plausible, but isn’t?
Eponym of the day: satyr
The Greeks have nearly swept A.Word.A.Day’s week of eponyms.
Eponym of the day: hector
“Hector is a brave and dutiful character, but unfortunately his name is now sullied in the language.”
A week of eponyms
From A.Word.A.Day
Word of the day: kudos
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day.
What an ancient Greek looked like
The face of an eleven-year-old girl
Word of the day: aegis
Pallas Athena borrows the keys to the aegis from Dad.
Cambridge Classics misspelling
An "s" for a sigma
Leslie Buck (1922-2010)
Designer of NYC's "Greek" coffee cup
Greeklish
"The growing use of Greeklish by schoolchildren is adversely affecting their spelling skills and may ultimately pose a threat to the Greek language, according to a recent study."
Yet another word from the Greek
I've been wondering for a while whether to post this bit -- I just wasn't sure what to do. Merriam-Webster's (February 1) Word of the Day: a...