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Its all Greek to me
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jan 27, 15:17 +1100
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jan 27, 15:17 +1100
> 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 ..
