Talk:Olympic Games: Difference between revisions

 

:::Thank you Nojamus. You too seem to be under the mistaken impression that the term inserted by the other user is the original ancient name, with only a few orthographic differences. It isn't and I'm therefore surprised you question my knowledge of Greek. The term "Olympic Games" was found in Britain [[Cotswold Olimpick Games|as early as the seventeenth century]], long before contact had been made with the contemporary Greek world. Olympik-o isn't a modern Greek word but it is an ancient Greek word; it's found in Aristpohanes (I think he has "ton Olympikon agona"). So the English term "Olympic Games" owes nothing to the modern Greek name which keeps being added. The claims that the term that was inserted is the "origin" or "etymology" are quite obviously untrue and I wish people would stop making them. Ṫhis is harmful for several reasons: 1. It creates a false impression that this was the name of the ancient games; 2. It creates a false impression that the Greek name is accorded privileged official status, in preference to that used in other countries; 3. it's obviously impossible to give the name in the languages of all 204 countries and arbitrarily selecting this one is incompatible with [[WP:NPOV]]. I have absolutely no idea what you mean about the tables being reversed. Exactly which nationalist cause do you believe I am helping? --[[User:Lo2u|Lo2u]] ^{([[User talk:Lo2u|T]] • [[Special:Contributions/Lo2u|C]])} 21:48, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

 

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