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Showing posts with label Chimera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chimera. Show all posts
Thursday, 12 November 2020
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Chimera! (not the troop carrier)
I continue my 2017 monster mash (2 down, 3 to go) with the mish-mashiest of them all - the Chimera!
Which it not, as I once thought, pronounced 'Shim-era'. It is actually 'Ky-mere-ah', and so would more helpfully start with a 'K'. Actually, being a classical Greek monster, it doesn't even start with a 'C', but with the letter 'Chi', which is really the letter 'X'.
Classic Greek is confusing. No wonder Gerald Butler seemed so angry.
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| "What do you mean?! - You snore! - Oh I don't- anyway, you have bad breath! - Because you never brush my teeth! - Oh, stop quickly, let's have a cup of tea!" |
Which it not, as I once thought, pronounced 'Shim-era'. It is actually 'Ky-mere-ah', and so would more helpfully start with a 'K'. Actually, being a classical Greek monster, it doesn't even start with a 'C', but with the letter 'Chi', which is really the letter 'X'.
Classic Greek is confusing. No wonder Gerald Butler seemed so angry.
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