All those miserable, pre-dawn hours studying classical Greek in that cold college classroom

swag

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Wed May-02-07 01:40 PM
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All those miserable, pre-dawn hours studying classical Greek in that cold college classroom

Edited on Wed May-02-07 01:40 PM by swag

finally paid off today. The trivia question at the soup-cart was, "What is the literal translation of 'Hippopotamus.'"

I was awarded free lunch for being the first to correctly answer.

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rug

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Wed May-02-07 01:43 PM
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1. River horse.

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swag

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Wed May-02-07 01:48 PM
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2. Too late.

I already won first prize.

You're a sharpy, though. No doubt about it.

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asthmaticeog

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Wed May-02-07 05:38 PM
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16. ?

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swimboy

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Wed May-02-07 01:58 PM
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3. logos

:thumbsup:

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swag

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Wed May-02-07 02:00 PM
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4. to your mama!

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slj0101

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Wed May-02-07 02:05 PM
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5. Fuck. A trip to the zoo could've saved you thousands.

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swag

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Wed May-02-07 02:42 PM
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7. I was on a full-ride scholarship, with enough left over for dope.

But point well taken, Mr. Chairman.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Wed May-02-07 02:39 PM
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6. My dear swag...

When my husband and I were newlyweds, we "took" Greek at Stanford University, where my husband was a graduate student...

We audited the class...

But we gave up right after we heard about verbs!

One exchange really tells the story: The student asked, why don't you just give us the infinitive? To which the professor responded: Which one would you like? There are six of them!

We dropped out shortly after this!

And we never looked back...

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swag

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Wed May-02-07 02:46 PM
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9. Great story.

I still remember some verb declensions, only a very few, though.

What a beautiful campus there in Palo Alto, though. I was only there once.

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datasuspect

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Wed May-02-07 02:42 PM
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8. is there an ancient greek equivalent of "malaka?"

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swag

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Wed May-02-07 02:48 PM
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10. I'm sure you would find such a thing in some fragments of Sappho.

μαλάκα

Thanks for the edification!

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LSK

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Wed May-02-07 02:54 PM
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11. now for the bonus question: "What is the literal translation of kudzu?"

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swag

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Wed May-02-07 05:29 PM
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13. Had to look that one up, and I'll I got was this definition:

a fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine, Pueraria lobata, of the legume family, now widespread in the southern U.S., having tuberous, starchy roots and stems: used for fiber, as food and forage, and to prevent soil erosion.

Also called kudzu.

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conscious evolution

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Wed May-02-07 06:27 PM
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18. Going places

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Joe Fields

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Wed May-02-07 02:55 PM
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12. you didn't have to take greek to learn that.

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swag

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Wed May-02-07 05:30 PM
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14. Turns out that there was a whole lot of stuff I didn't have to do.

Well, I had me some fun going through life's crazy motions.

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bridgit

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Wed May-02-07 05:34 PM
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15. i for one am most glad to see the once gone 'free lunch' being awarded to they...

that are the more deserving such as yourself swag kudos...plus i really like that soup cart dude's website :thumbsup:

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swag

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Wed May-02-07 06:00 PM
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17. Thanks for the thumbs up.

When you arrive, I will buy you lunch.

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