tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post6952454436582319380..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: The Greeks had a word for it.rhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-87968768611184604802009-02-15T16:13:00.000-05:002009-02-15T16:13:00.000-05:00So sorry, Bob. I usually try to be more guarded ab...So sorry, Bob. I usually try to be more guarded about spoiling the answers.Ruth Hull Chatlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797146501548509911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-91554984183897048792009-02-14T12:10:00.000-05:002009-02-14T12:10:00.000-05:00Hi, Jeannelle, my readers are all too smart for my...Hi, <B>Jeannelle</B>, my readers are all too smart for my little quizzes! I checked on a Greek language site, and <I>dekatria</I> is definitely the Greek word for thirteen. <I>Triskadeka</I> doesn't seem to mean anything. <I>Tria</I> is three and <I>deka</I> means ten, so <I>dekatria</I> is literally ten and three, but I don't know where they came up with <I>triskadeka</I>. It isn't "three tens" because <I>triska</I> isn't the word for three, and it doesn't mean thirty (three tens) because <I>trianta</I> is the Greek word for thirty.<BR/><BR/>Isn't my blog educational? :)rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-33167284842402659862009-02-14T00:13:00.000-05:002009-02-14T00:13:00.000-05:00Before reading Ruth's comment, I figured "frigga" ...Before reading Ruth's comment, I figured "frigga" was not Greek....it sounded Scandinavian to me.<BR/><BR/>Right before I read your post, I had read an article in today's newspaper about that word "paraskavedekatriaphobia". I immediately wished I would have blogged about it.....and am glad to see you did.Jeannellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506888396193293867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-39244948192430629192009-02-13T22:17:00.000-05:002009-02-13T22:17:00.000-05:00Richie, LOL!Ruth, I should have known you would kn...<B>Richie</B>, LOL!<BR/><BR/><B>Ruth</B>, I should have known you would know. You are correct. The word Frigga, the Norse goddess for whom Friday is named, is not a part of the Greek language.<BR/><BR/>Thursday is named for Thor, and Wednesday is named for Woden (or Oden), and Tuesday is named for Tye, Norse deities all. I wonder why. And none of those names (or Norway either, for that matter) has anything to do with Greece.<BR/><BR/>I was hoping to hear some far-out answers before the correct one was posted!rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-89480811569407811082009-02-13T21:36:00.000-05:002009-02-13T21:36:00.000-05:00Friggatriskeadekaphobia is not really Greek. Frigg...Friggatriskeadekaphobia is not really Greek. Frigga would come from the Anglo Saxon or Germanic word that Friday is named for--some Norse goddess, I think.Ruth Hull Chatlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797146501548509911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-61659436789115993522009-02-13T17:18:00.000-05:002009-02-13T17:18:00.000-05:00I have a fear of Greek words as long as the ones i...I have a fear of Greek words as long as the ones in this post<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://anarkiesmusings.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">An Arkies Musings</A>Richard Lawryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03680320073463221740noreply@blogger.com