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Mar182012

"Greeklish" Quiz

DateSunday, March 18, 2012 at 9:25PM

Here is a quiz for those of you who are learning the Greek alphabet. The following words are English words that have been spelled with Greek letters. With the exception of π ("pi", as in the symbol for 3.14...), they are letters that look similar to their English counterpartσ. Can you figure out what all 20 words are? 

βαιτ / βακε / βετ / εμυ / κεπτ /κοι / μακευπ /  ματ / μεετ / μοατ

μοβ / μομ / μοπ / μυττ / οακ / πατ / πετ / πιε /πικε / τακε

Bonus word: συπερκαλιφραγιλιστικεξπιαλιδωσιους (ΣΥΠΕΡΚΑΛΙΦΡΑΓΙΛΙΣΤΙΚΕΞΠΙΑΛΙΔΩΣΙΟΥΣ) 

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