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Murmur

Season 6 Episode 182 Published 3 years, 8 months ago
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(Piano music) 

Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go! 

*Reads in ancient  Greek* 'Ποταμών άφρω μορμύροντα ιδών' That's what Homer called a boiling river's sound, in the Iliad. The word moved to Latin keeping its meaning and then into French to describe a human hum. Which is, what it has come to mean in modern Greek. ΜΟΥΡΜΟΥΡΑ/MURMUR

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