Levedy

Interesting little nubbin

I'm studying for my Greek class tonight, and I came across a saying that I thought was kinda cool.

In English, the meaning is "The sea is calm." The word-for-word Greek, however, is "The sea is oil." It makes sense if you think of a calm sea as a smooth puddle of olive oil.

My favorite Greek saying (still) is "When you shake hands with a Greek, count your fingers."

Posted by Jen at October 27, 2005 1:33 PM