02 April 2006

Slow on the uptake

In the town of Glen Cove, near where I live, a Greek diner changed its name to "7 Mares". For years, I would notice the place and wonder why a restaurant specializing in seafood would have a name meaning "seven female horses".


Finally, I remembered that in Greek "mare" is "ocean". It's "Seven Seas". And I feel like an idiot.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Greetings Carl,

In a previous blog titled "Slow on the uptake", you said: "Finally, I remembered that in Greek "mare" is "ocean". It's "Seven Seas". And I feel like an idiot." I really wish you hadn't said that.

Your statement really breaks my heart. And - by my own admission, I don't have a lot of heart to break! Also, I havn't yet been taken of moderated mode. ;-)~

Guess who!

Carl said...

I have no idea who you are, to be totally honest. And everyone including me is moderated.

I hate blog spam.

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