Word: greek
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with Julia Jarcho `03 and Melia Marden `03. Marden has a Greek midterm at 10 a.m. and thinks it's important to eat a full meal beforehand. "You have to eat or else your stomach is all growly and you can't concentrate," she reasons. Jarcho disagrees but still sports a full tray of edibles, explaining, "I couldn't resist the food." "You eat muffins?" I ask her. "No, never," Jarcho says. I point to a muffin on her tray, and ask, "But that is a muffin...
...Domna how to say "tater-tot" in Greek, confusing and embarrassing us both...
...Vicky rents the first floor of a white, three-story house. There is a small front yard with bright orange flowers that a chain-link fence separates from the sidewalk. Photographs cover the walls in the living room. The pictures show relatives in formal Greek military uniform, several weddings and Katerina--infant photos, yearly school portraits and photos of her as a ballerina. "She stopped lessons last year. They're just too expensive," Vicky said. Katerina's bedroom is full of toys and other contraptions. "She has everything she'd ever need," Vicky said. "My dream is to take...
...years old. "We lived just outside of Athens. My aunts and uncles used to live here in Cambridge, so they brought us here," she said. Her parents now live upstairs and take care of Katerina when Vicky and Sotirios, her husband, are working. "Katerina has to speak in Greek to them because they only know enough English to communicate," Vicky said. "She also keeps up by going to Greek school two nights a week." Vicky has returned to Greece three times. Her last trip was her honeymoon...
...Greek calendar hanging in her kitchen, Vicky pointed out the important days of the year, Christmas, Greek Orthodox, her birthday and the day on which her name is celebrated. Every name has its own day. "For Christmas and Easter, we barbecue an entire lamb, which we order from New Hampshire or Vermont. It's already cleaned out, so we set it up, and turn it by its head. When I was in Greece, we killed it ourselves...