I had a business professor who would ask the class for the origins of various words. I would respond with the Greek word and meaning.
Every single time his response was "No, it's Latin". He never contented that the meaning was wrong, but he never realized that his "Latin" word was first found in Greek.
It made me aware of this weird "Latin vs Greek" cultural thing, which I'm assuming for Americans is religious in origin.
Every single time his response was "No, it's Latin". He never contented that the meaning was wrong, but he never realized that his "Latin" word was first found in Greek.
It made me aware of this weird "Latin vs Greek" cultural thing, which I'm assuming for Americans is religious in origin.
I personally find Greek beautiful and useful.