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To: papertyger

For those who don’t know....

The suffix -opoulos means “son of”, or “descendant of”. It is a patrony ending.

34 posted on 08/31/2012 12:58:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)

To: SeekAndFind

The suffix -opoulos means “son of”, or “descendant of”. It is a patrony ending.

While that is literally true, in the colloquial it means "I'm Greek."

Or "Grick" if you really want to get technical ;o)

38 posted on 08/31/2012 1:20:49 PM PDT by papertyger ("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if..."))

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