Haec sunt viginti verba Graeca quae iocosa esse puto quia faciunt ut his dictis auditisve rideam. In quaque linea punctata indicis subscripti, primum verbum Graecum ipsum, tum par parentheseon in quo proximae pronuntiationes Anglicae scriptae sunt, denique significatio Anglica apparet.
ἀγείρω (“a gay row”), I gather together
βαίνω (“buy no”), I step
εἴργω (“air go”), I shut in
ἡσυχάζω (“hey Sue cats oh”), I keep quiet
κερδαίνω (“care dino”), I gain
κιγχάνω (“King Kong oh”), I reach
πίμπλημι (“pimp play me”), I fill
μαίομαι (“my oh my”), I seek
νομίζω (“no meats oh”), I believe
πρέπω (“prep oh”), I am conspicuous
ῥίπτω (“rip toe”), I throw
σημαίνω (“say my no”), I give a sign
εἰμί (“eh ME”), I am
εἶμι (“EH me”), I go
ἵημι (“he Amy”), I send
σπεύδω (“spew dough”), I urge on
τεκμαίρομαι (“tech my row my”), I assign
φαίνω (“fine oh”), I show
φέρω (“pharaoh”), I bring
φεύγω (“few go”), I run away
Senti te liberum esse, si velis, ut tuum proprium indicem iocosorum verborum Graecorum facias! Me iuvet videre quae verba tibi iocosa sint!
Stirps verbi ἀρτύειν est ἀρτυ-etR2-D2 est droides astromechanicus qui calculationes saltuum hyperspatialium parare potest, meminerimus ergo verbum ἀρτύειν significare Latine “parare,” Anglice “to prepare.”
Literally going on holiday to Greece in August and my parents are convinced I will be able to talk to people and I’m just like, “I can read the road signs?”
