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Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?



On Sunday 16 April 2006 01:44, David R. Litwin wrote:
> On 15/04/06, Hodgins Family <ehodgins@telusplanet.net> wrote:
> > So, why do people in Greece put a γ in colour?
>
> That is, in fact, a lower-case letter gamma. The word is dialogue in Greek,
> "dialogos" from (approximately) dia, two and logos, knowledge.
>
no, no, no.  dia means *through* in ancient greek. duoo (fonetic) = two.

steef



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