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in reply to a message by Lumia
I was basing my response on the (perhaps optimistic) premise that there can only be so many ways to mangle a nightmarish vowel string like "aoi" within the Indo-European language family. Could be wrong.
It's safe to assume that most Irish spelling was probably concocted late at night in a haze of unfiltered cigarettes, grain alcohol, and chronic depression, but what were the GREEKS thinking? If Pavlos is any example, they were probably just messin with our heads...
It's safe to assume that most Irish spelling was probably concocted late at night in a haze of unfiltered cigarettes, grain alcohol, and chronic depression, but what were the GREEKS thinking? If Pavlos is any example, they were probably just messin with our heads...
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An ode to Guinness draught
...again I beg to disagree at the risk of causing our ancient mariner Daividh a hangover.
In fact, Aoide or Aoede -- also a satellite of Jupiter -- is derived from ÁïéäÞ, who also happened to be one of the muses.
Aoede is rerived from the verb "aeido", to sing. Another famous beer, err, word, with the same root is "ode".
...again I beg to disagree at the risk of causing our ancient mariner Daividh a hangover.
In fact, Aoide or Aoede -- also a satellite of Jupiter -- is derived from ÁïéäÞ, who also happened to be one of the muses.
Aoede is rerived from the verb "aeido", to sing. Another famous beer, err, word, with the same root is "ode".
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