In Greek Galileo's whole name sounds funny. "Ο Γαλιλαίος Γαλιλέι" sounds a lot l...

		YeGoblynQueenne on July 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why we don't use Galileo's last name (2009) In Greek Galileo's whole name sounds funny. "Ο Γαλιλαίος Γαλιλέι" sounds a lot like a verb phrase, "Galileo is Galileing". Although there is no verb "Galilei" in Greek it does sound like a weird way to say that "Someone is saying something in Gallic (French)".