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Small off-topic note: dialogue has nothing to do with di-, 2, its etymology is dia-, "across, between". For all n > 1, n people speaking together are in a dialo
by simiones 5y ago
Small off-topic note: dialogue has nothing to do with di-, 2, its etymology is dia-, "across, between". For all n > 1, n people speaking together are in a dialogue.
- fho 5y agoOh! The more you know! I guess then I shouldn't be using the "trialog" wording above.
- hluska 5y agoThis is kind of funny, but trialog or trialogue are both reasonably correct. Thanks to my friend Christine (I genuinely thought simiones was Christine), I can tell you that tria is Greek for trio. Dialogue would come from “dia” and “legein”, or “through” and “speak”. Trialog could be seen as coming from “tria” “legein”, or “trio” “speak”. Greek is really cool. For the most part, if it would work in math, it’s likely okay in Greek. Edit - Dia is still most precise. It means ‘through’ or ‘between’ and implies you can have a dialogue between two up to a limit of an infinite number of people.
- hluska 5y agoIf this is Christine, I’m very happy you’re here. Dia legein! :)