[Ads-l] Nebraska Prof Hits Word Jackpot!

[Jonathan Lighter]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/6-historical-mysteries-scientists-finally-155039352.html
:  Farritor was awarded $40,000 for deciphering the word “πορφυρας” or
“porphyras,” which is the Greek word for purple.

JL
-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org