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> I can read Greek since my mother studied Christian theology I can read (a reasonable amount of) Greek after studying a lot of physics/math :D. But I only und
by close04 7y ago
> I can read Greek since my mother studied Christian theology
I can read (a reasonable amount of) Greek after studying a lot of physics/math :D. But I only understand the words that trickled into the other languages I speak or can recognize a root for.
- YeGoblynQueenne 7y agoYes, that's another interesting experience- how other people pronounce Greek letters and words that they've learned from science textbooks. Sometimes I forget myself and say something in a Greek way and people just stare at me :) E.g. I was working on a paper with my thesis advisor and I used the plural of "lemma", "lemmata" (λήμμα, λήμματα). It's actually in the English dictionary, but he advised me to say "lemmas" instead because people reading the paper may not be native English speakers and it would just make the text harder to read. I always want to sneak in fancy words in my papers, but it's a bit tricky to do it right..