It’s been nearly three months since I posted anything. The unFamous Five finally got together in a garden on Saturday, July 25th. Even our tin whistle player made it. He’s on holiday from his workplace in Bulgaria. We have more or less agreed on a playlist which has now – with sheet music, chord frames... Continue Reading →
Greek Word of the Week #8
αβγατίζω – avghatizo It means to amass, increase I thought it derived from the Greek for egg [αυγό] and I imagined hens sitting on eggs to help them hatch. Something akin to “nest egg” in English. Totally wrong, apparently. It derives either from an unrelated (to egg) Ancient Greek word or the Latin augere meaning... Continue Reading →
Greek Word of the Week #7
ασκέρι – askeri Greece – or parts of it - was under the Turkish yoke from the 14th century until the 20th century. Unsurprisingly, a lot of Turkish loan-words (τουρκικοί δανεισμοί) entered the language during that period. On closer inspection, many of these loan-words entered Turkish from Arabic before being borrowed by Greek. Ασκέρι is... Continue Reading →