Volume 1, Issue 1
Christmas 2008
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For those who return to Roda year after year, a few common Greek words are essential. Words that you come across here every day have had a far-reaching influence on other languages and many derivatives are used by all of us without realising it.
In the UK, if two adults are being particularly silly, they are often told by others that they are being childish. ‘Come on, children! Grow up!’ Children have somehow become a symbol of bad behaviour and to say these things to an older person is a form of ridicule intended at bringing them to their senses.
In the UK, if two adults are being particularly silly, they are often told by others that they are being childish. ‘Come on, children! Grow up!’ Children have somehow become a symbol of bad behaviour and to say these things to an older person is a form of ridicule intended at bringing them to their senses.
In Greece, married couples are instructed to bring up their children to have their own identities and children are included in all family activities and encouraged to freely air their views. In Roda, we are often greeted as ‘children’ with a cheerful ‘Yiasas paidia’, both when we meet and when we leave. It is a term of endearment and a sign of affection because children here are held in such high regard. Of course, the word ‘ðáßäéá’, said ‘pethia’, has found its way into the English language, even if the connotation of the word has been abused.
Another word that you will see and hear in Roda is ‘éáôñóò’, said in English as ‘Yiatros’ it is the word for ‘doctor’ and not recognised by most of us. Obviously the word ‘doctor’
Another word that you will see and hear in Roda is ‘éáôñóò’, said in English as ‘Yiatros’ it is the word for ‘doctor’ and not recognised by most of us. Obviously the word ‘doctor’
originated elsewhere, but ‘yiatros’ is used in English without being quite so obvious. A ‘psychiatrist’ is, of course, a ‘psyche yiatrist’, a doctor of the mind and then, back to our first word, there is the ‘paediatrist’, or ‘paidi yiatrist’, a doctor for children. Clearly, English has complicated this by referring to children’s doctors as paediatric doctors, or doctors of paediatrics which, armed with a little knowledge of Greek, actually means a ‘children’s doctor doctor’. Now there’s a specialist field!
Doctor, doctor, I keep seeing into the future.
When did this first happen?
Next Thursday.
When did this first happen?
Next Thursday.
Doctor, Doctor
... and the winds go sighing
The best-known and most common local wind in Roda is the sea breeze. It develops as the air over coastal land begins to rise in response to daytime warming. Maximum wind speeds usually occur in the mid-afternoon, along with the greatest penetration inland. The vertical depth of the sea breeze is initially only a few metres, sometimes building in thickness by the evening. The direction of the breeze begins at roughly 900 to the coast, but as the day wears on, the sea breeze rotates to a more oblique angle.
The compass was not known in the west before the 13th Century and maps included a wind rose to indicate direction. Many of the names used all those years ago are still recognised locally and, in Roda, it would seem that many of the common terms have a distinctly Italian influence. These are some of the names, and below is a short video collection of the effects of winds in & around Roda.
The compass was not known in the west before the 13th Century and maps included a wind rose to indicate direction. Many of the names used all those years ago are still recognised locally and, in Roda, it would seem that many of the common terms have a distinctly Italian influence. These are some of the names, and below is a short video collection of the effects of winds in & around Roda.
North Winds
Boreas
NE Winds
Grego
NW Winds
Maistro
SE Winds
Levante
East Winds
Eurus
South Winds
Notus
SW Winds
Notios Ditikos or Garbis
West Winds
Ponente or Zephyros
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