My Encounter with Iktho

A Challenge to your Latin/Greek English Knowledge

• barbarous
• ego
• uni
• ambulating

Barbarous as it was originally

You should consider the etymological or “original” meaning of barbarous, not the current dictionary definition. Originally, in Greek, it meant “foreign” or “strange”, or “non-Greek” [since they weren‘t Greek, they were considered “uncouth”, “uncivilized”]. It would seem that the Greek word, barbaros really referred to the way the “non-Aryan people” spoke. The Greeks apparently joked about the way some foreignors “stuttered”, or “stammered” and referred to the way they spoke as “Bar Bar, Bar Bar” (or as being “unintelligible”). The Greeks also considered non-Greeks to have terrible table manners and other “uncivilized” behavior.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Ego, a Common Latin Pronoun

Ego is a first person, singular pronoun, not a proper noun.Ego is found in such words as: alterego, egocentric, egoism, egoist, egomania, egomaniac, egotheism, egotist, and superego (to name a few examples).There is another ego (aego) which refers to a “goat”, but the two forms usually aren‘t confused. Ego comes to us from Latin and was in common usage in Roman times just as its English equivalent is today. Have you figured out that Ego means “I”?

One good thing about egotists is that they don't go around talking about other people because they are usually ME-deep in their conversations.

-Anonymous

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Uni is an element found in many English words

Uni is found in such words as: uniform, unity, united, disunite, unique, unilateral, universe, and E pluribus unum. Can you guess what uni means? Does “one” come to mind?

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Ambulate is the source of several English words

Ambul- is found in such words as: ambulance, ambulant, ambulate, ambulatory, ambulomancy, noctambulism, perambulate, ramble, and somnambulist (among others). Can you guess what ambulating means? Does “walking” make sense to you?

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