On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:09:49 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 09:56 +0200, steef wrote: > > On Sunday 16 April 2006 01:44, David R. Litwin wrote: > > > On 15/04/06, Hodgins Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So, why do people in Greece put a γ in colour? > > > > > > That is, in fact, a lower-case letter gamma. The word is dialogue in > > > Greek, > > > "dialogos" from (approximately) dia, two and logos, knowledge. > > > > > no, no, no. dia means *through* in ancient greek. duoo (fonetic) = two. > > "through knowledge" makes more sense than "two knowledge". logos has many meanings, in this case I think the "speech" meaning also applies (logos has many meanings): [quote] Dialogos, from the Greek word meaning “to know through conversation" [/quote] Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
