Across all major Western European languages, scientific vocabulary is uniquely uniform. This is because from the Renaissance through the 19th century, European scientists deliberately used Classical Greek and Latin as a lingua franca to create new words.
The younger brother of Magnetes, descendant (son) of the daughter of Deucalion, was named Macedon.
Ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ Μάγνητος ὁ νεώτερος ἔκγονος (υἱὸς) τῆς κόρης τοῦ Δευκαλίωνος ὠνομάσθη Μακεδών.
I never considered that our ancient ancestors were “softies” (or “gullible”)—to use Homer’s expression—so as to use only syllables for the written word of the divine Olympic Greek language. To have and to use syllables, one must first have and know the phonemes (vowels/sounds); therefore, what is the purpose of syllabic writing?
Διάλεξη στη Μελβούρνη, Αυστραλία, στις 03 Νοεμβρίου 2013. Η διάλεξη διοργανώθηκε από την Ένωση Θεσσαλονικέων “Ο Λευκός Πύργος”, την Κοινότητα Ώκλη και Περιχώρων το Ημερήσιο Ελληνικό Κολλέγιο Oakleigh Grammar και την Ελληνική Σχολή Ζήνων Μελβούρνης στο πλαίσιο 29ων γενεθλίων της αδελφοποίησης μεταξύ των πόλεων Θεσσαλονίκης και Μελβούρνης.
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