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Almost All Languages Have Some Version Of The Expression, ‘It’s Greek To Me’

WORDS Posted: August 13, 2019 10:01 am

Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, and Dutch, along with English, assign Greek this particular honor. In the Baltic languages, it’s Spanish; the Bulgarians use “Patagonian.” And the Greeks? They, along with more nations than any other, use Chinese to signify the incomprehensible. Dan Nosowitz looks into the origins of the expression. – Atlas Obscura

WORDS Published: 08.08.19

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