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.

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