It's All Greek To Me

We all here-that cliche, "It's all Greek to me!"
Here are words you use that have roots in Greek!



A -how about 'airplane'~we all have enjoyed these!
B -and that 'Bible'you use!
C- I know we all love 'comedy'!
E-'a quality we love, 'enthusiasm'
F- one of my favorites is 'fantasy'
G-I know we marvel at a 'galaxy'
H-Oh,, how we love 'horoscopes'
I- idea is of Greek origin, as well.
J- yes, even that word...jealous!
K- 'kilometer' to measure.
L- add that favorite word, 'logic.'
M- 'melody' significant in music we love
N- those 'neon' lights, so groovy,
O- 'Olympic' games we so love,
P- 'poem is a word ,gift,from the Greeks.
R- and 'rhapsody,'a musical treat.
S- 'syllablee' which is so much a part of poetry,
T- and of course, 'theater' in which the Bard 
showed his wonderful plays,,
U- 'Utopia! How many of us has used that?
V- could not find a word for that...Vwnus perhaps?
X- xenophobe, still checking on that
Z- zoology, a dearly loved subject!

        (Excuse my previous typos, )

             10/17/2020
               Opus# 4

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Date: 10/18/2020 6:37:00 AM
The spreading of the Greek culture and language we owe mainly to Alexander the Great about 330 BC - he rode through the East conquering countries and masterfully ruling them with the Greek language. Love your poem by Greek Gal Pal! Blessings, Jennifer.
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Panagiota Romios
Date: 10/18/2020 7:03:00 AM
So glad and grateful you read this and...added a history lesson as well.))) this was fun to share with other cultures.)) See you soon on the Soup Conntinent...make some Avgolemeno Soup for all.mmmm! Love, Panagiota xxxooo
Date: 10/18/2020 3:47:00 AM
beautiful innovative the abecedarian poem form
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Panagiota Romios
Date: 10/18/2020 4:31:00 AM
Dearest Mahtab...aren't you the sweetest Poet! Thank you. It shows double on my page! Will correct now With hugs and apologies, Pangie xx
Date: 10/18/2020 2:26:00 AM
We've certainly got to thank the Greeks for all the words they've given us, but for them we'd be grunting at each other lol. Tom
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Date: 10/18/2020 4:28:00 AM
Hi Tom I just corrected all the typos...now it is showing double? That's a new one on me Will try and edit again. Sorry..Pangie. Such a fun site this is-))
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