Demetrios Trifiatis Poet Limerick

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DO YOU SPEAK GREEK?

FROM MY ROOFTOP GARDEN, NOON, 30 JANUARY 2017, MY PHOTO, ©

Do You Speak Greek

Democracy, ethics, logos, politics

Cosmology, cosmogony, physics

Are words that all persons know

With enthusiasm them show

For are the basis of analytics!*








© Demetrios Trifiatis
     30 January 2017

* The words: Democracy, ethics, logos, politics, cosmology, cosmogony, physics, enthusiasm, basis, and analytics are all Greek as are thousands upon
thousands of other words as crisis, drama, comedy, poetry, biology, history, philosophy, psychology, geometry, mathematics, cardiologist, antibiotics, agoraphobia, acrophobia, and all phobias, therefore whoever speaks English has to know that more than 25% of English is of Greek origin!

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Scott Thirtyseven February 1, 2017 at 9:11 AM I never knew that I knew so much Greek as I do. Thanks for the lesson, and the nice poem to boot. Demetrios Trifiatis February 1, 2017 at 9:42 AM Happy that I made you aware of your knowledge dear Scott. I have written letters in English by using only Greek words. Aristocracy, Democracy, Anarchy, Tyranny are Political ecumenical systems that brought a dramatic metamorphosis in the psychology and history of cosmos! An Analysis of my thesis automatically will show the catastrophic results upon the anomaly of Man's psyche and Noos! Just an example! haha. Thank you my friend!

Andrea Dietrich January 30, 2017 at 3:22 PM YES! we were teaching out students just last month about ethos, pathos, etc!! Demetrios Trifiatis February 1, 2017 at 9:45 AM Happy to hear that dear, Andrea! Ethos and Pathos are the epitome of the philosophic Noos and of psyche! Thank you!

Abdullah Alhemaidy January 30, 2017 at 2:05 PM I love languages. Many main languages take/give from/to each other. I often do not like limericks. But this one is not bad at all ;). Here you read a short list of English words that from Arabic language: Admiral, Algebra, alcove, alcohol, almanac, altair (bird ?), amber, algol (wow), azure, arroba (1/4), Bulbul (singing bird ?) and more..

Probir Gupta January 30, 2017 at 9:04 AM Enjoyed your limerick very much ... True, we owe a lot to Greek and Sanskrit ...

White Wolf January 30, 2017 at 7:18 AM The Greeks were philosophizing while we were still swinging in the trees! Haha. I really enjoyed this one, Demetrios! Well done! Even our Alphabet itself is Alpha-Beta.

Jan Allison January 30, 2017 at 5:03 AM Loved your limerick and having read your reply to Anne Lise I speak English, a little Greek, but mostly gibberish lol:-) hugs jan xx Demetrios Trifiatis January 30, 2017 at 7:12 AM We all speak gibberish apart from other languages dear, Jan! Thank you for your visit! Hugs xx

Anne-Lise Andresen January 30, 2017 at 3:18 AM - No I do not speak Greek ..... but, I speak from my heart and soul ... and trying to understand :) - A great poem, my friend - a 7 - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Demetrios Trifiatis January 30, 2017 at 3:33 AM Yes, you do! From the 24 words used here 10 are Greek. Since 25-30% of the English come from the Greek language therefore you know a lot of Greek words but probably you do not know which ones are Greek! Haha. Thank you dearest, Anne- Lise. Hugs.