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You are absolutely right.
"?????" also means standing upright.

Yanni
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Fogg" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:17 PM
Subject: Its all Greek to me


>> From: YANNI
>> Actually "ortho" means vertical thus 90 degrees to the horizontal plane
>
>
> I know next to nothing about Greek, Yanni, and you have a fine Greek name,
> but 'ortho' meaning right seemed correct, as English has also borrowed the
> word 'orthodox', meaning the right way of thinking, in the sense of
> adhering
> to the accepted.
>
> My old friend Wikpedia says orthodoxy comes from the Greek ortho ('right',
> 'correct') and doxa ('thought', 'teaching').
> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/orthodox
>
> Entering 'ortho' into Babel Fish (online translation) gives ????, which
> looks the same. 'Orthodox' gives ?????????, while 'vertical' gives
> ???????'.
>
> 'Orthogonal' is translated as ??????????, same suffix. What I am now
> wondering is whether Plain Text, or any alternative, will faithfully
> transmit the Greek letters. We're about to find out ..
>
>

   

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