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[Facts] Off topic: Why most of you are already fluent in Greek without knowing it
The follwing two speeches were delivered by Xenophon Zolotas,former
Governor of the Bank of Greece, at Joint Sessions of the World Bank and the IMF in the 1950s. X. Zolotas is one of the most universally respected figures of Greek public life. He is presently in his 90s, and I see him every day (summer and *winter*) swimming in the beach of Phaleron in front of my home.
By reading this speech, I hope you will realize that you already know more Greek than you thought possible. Once again I apologize for testing your tolerance with my continuous cultural imperialism :P
September 26, 1957 speech:I always wished to address this Assembly in Greek, but I realised that it would have been indeed Greek to all present in this room.
I found out however, that I could make my address in Greek
which would still be in English to everybody. With your permission, Mr Chairman, I shall do it now, using with the exception
of articles and prepositions, only Greek words.Kyrie !
I eulogise the archons of the Panethnic Numismatic Thesaurus and the Ecumenical Trapeza for the orthodoxy of their axioms methods and policies, although there is an episode of cacophony of the Trapeza with Hellas.
With enthusiasm we dialogue and synagonize at the synods of our didymous Organisations in which polymorphous economic ideas and dogmas are analysed and synthesised.
Our critical problems such as the numismatic plethora generate some agony and melancholy. This phenomenon is characteristic of our epoch. But, to my thesis, we have the dynamism to program therapeutic practices as a prophylaxis from chaos and catastrophe.
In parallel a panethnic un-hypocritical economic synergy and harmonisation in a democratic climate is basic.
I apologize for my eccentric monologue. I emphasise my eucharistia to you, Kyrie, to the eugenic and generous American Ethnos and to the organisers and protagonists of this Amphictyony and the gastronomic symposia.Speech 2: October 2, 1959Kyrie !
It is Zeus' anathema on our epoch for the dynamism of our economies and the heresy of our economic methods and policies that we should agonize between the Scylla of numismatic plethora and the Charybdis of economic anaemia.
It is not in my idiosyncrasy to be ironic and sarcastic but my diagnosis would be that politicians are rather crypto-plethorists. Although they emphatically stigmatize numismatic plethora, they energize it through their tactics and practices.
Our policies should be based more on economic and less on political criteria. Our gnomon has to be metron between economic, strategic and philanthropic scopes. Political magic has always been anti-economic.
In an epoch characterized by monopolies, oligopolies, monopsonies, monopolistic antagonism and polymorphous inelasticities, our policies have to be more orthological. But this should not be metamorphosed into plethorophobia which is endemic among academic economists.
Numismatic symmetry should not hyper-antagonize economic acme.
A greater antagonization between the practices of the economic and numismatic archons is basic.
Parallel to this, we have to synchronize and harmonize more and more our economic and numismatic policies panethnically.
These scopes are more practicable now, when the prognostics of the political and economical barometer are halcyonic.
The history of our didymous Organizations in this sphere has been didactic and their gnostic practices will always be a tonic to the polyonymous and idiomorphous ethnical economies. The genesis of the programmed organization will dynamize these polities. Therefore, I sympathize, although not without criticism on one or two themes, with the apostles and the hierarchy of our organizations in their zeal to program orthodox economic and numismatic polities.
I apologise for having tyrannised you with my Hellenic phraseology.
In my epilogue, I emphasise my eulogy to the philoxenous autochthons of this cosmopolitan metropolis and my encomium to you, Kyrie, and the stenographers.
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Hey, ah didn't knows ah already spoke Greek! Fry mah hide! But, yo' know, ah still had t'run them two speeches through th' Redneck Dialeckizer in o'der t'completely comprehend them, dawgone it.********************************************************************Th' follwin' two speeches were delivahed by Xenophon Zolotas,fo'mer
Govahno' of th' Bank of Greece, at Joint Sesshuns of th' Wo'ld Bank an' th' IMF in th' 1950s. X. Zolotas is one of the dawgoned-est unyversally respecked figgers of Greek public life. He is presently in his 90s, an' ah see him ev'ry day (summer an' *winter*) swimmin' in th' betch of Phaleron in front of mah home.
By readin' this hyar speech, ah hope yo' will reckanize thet yo' already knows mo'e Greek than yo' thunk postible. Once agin ah apologize fo' testin' yer tolerance wif mah corntinuous cultural imperialism :P
Seppember 26, 1957 speech:ah allus wished t'address this hyar Assembly in Greek, but ah realised thet it'd haf been indeed Greek t'all present in this hyar room, dawgone it.
ah foun' out howevah, thet ah c'd make mah address in Greek
which'd still be in English t'ev'rybody. Wif yer permisshun, Mr Chairman, ah shall does it now, usin' wif th' 'ception
of articles an' preposishuns, only Greek wo'ds.Kyrie ! Fry mah hide!
ah eulogise th' archons of th' Panethnic Numismatic Thesaurus an' th' Ecoomnical Trapeza fo' th' o'thodoxy of their axioms methods an' policies, although thar is an episode of cacophony of th' Trapeza wif Hellas.
Wif inthusiasm we dialogue an' synagonize at th' synods of our didymous Organisashuns in which polymo'phous economic ideas an' houn'dogmas is analysed an' synthesised, cuss it all t' tarnation.
Our critical problems sech as th' numismatic pletho'a junerate some agony an' melancholy. This hyar phenomenon is chareeckeristic of our epoch. But, t'mah thesis, we haf th' dynamism t'program therapeutic prackices as a prophylaxis fum chaos an' catastrophe.
In pareellel a panethnic un-hypocritical economic synergy an' harmonisashun in a democratic climate is basic.

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How do you change it to the redneck version or something else ?- Liberty
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Go to rinkworks.com/dialect (no www.). Pick yer dialect and type in the site you want to convert at the "URL" box. Have fun!
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I think our preacher kiped at least one of these speeches for his sermon last Sunday. For some reason, it took me longer than usual to doze off during the 20 minutes. Musta bin them (pre-Rednecked) high-falutin' Greek words.Speakin uv Redneck, our local sheriff had a campaign bumper sticker last year I'd kill for. It sez "Vote DUDE -- Sheriff". His name's Cecil "Dude" Cochran, and it seems he does a purty good job despite the Boss Hawg name. Only in Kintuckie...
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I'll print out th' redneck vahshun of th' speech an' han' it on over t'Mr Zolotas next time ah ketch him on th' betch. Hope readin' it wont be th' old poof's coup de grace. But seriously, folks, whut percent of his speech made sense t'yo'?
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My favorite bit was: "prophylaxis from chaos and catastrophe."Huh huhhhh uh uhhhh huh huh-- Nanaea
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