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ὁ ᾿Ιάβερουακ
Posted: September 4th, 2014, 7:53 am
by Jonathan Robie
cwconrad wrote:We do expect ordinary Greek to be pretty much like Dr. Seuss, don't we?

Or more like
Lewis Carroll?
TON IABEROUAK KATEKTONAS?
S' ASPAZOMAI, FAEINE PAI!
KALWN KALLISTH hHMERWN!"
ECAIRE KAGKAZWN.
HN BRILLIG, hAI D' APOSTROFAI
GURWSAI OUABON HSTRAPTON,
hHSUCASAN MEN BORGOBOI,
MWMRHS D' EXESTHSAN.
Re: ὁ ᾿Ιάβερουακ
Posted: September 4th, 2014, 8:30 am
by cwconrad
Jonathan Robie wrote:cwconrad wrote:We do expect ordinary Greek to be pretty much like Dr. Seuss, don't we?

Or more like
Lewis Carroll?
TON IABEROUAK KATEKTONAS?
S' ASPAZOMAI, FAEINE PAI!
KALWN KALLISTH hHMERWN!"
ECAIRE KAGKAZWN.
HN BRILLIG, hAI D' APOSTROFAI
GURWSAI OUABON HSTRAPTON,
hHSUCASAN MEN BORGOBOI,
MWMRHS D' EXESTHSAN.
Wow! December 8, 1996! That was a fun Saturday afternoon.
No need now for transliteration; let's reformulate it:
"τὸν ᾿Ιάβερουακ κατέκτονας;
σ’ ἀσπάζομαι, φαείνε παῖ!
καλῶν καλλίστη ἡμερῶν!"
ἔχαιρε καγχάζων.
ἦν βρίλλιγ, αἱ δ’ ἀπστροφαι
γυρῶσαι οὐᾶβον, ἤστραπτον.
ἡσύχασαν μὲν βόργοβοι,
μωμρεῖς δ’ ἐξέστησαν.