Mar 14, 2010
Idiom Dictionary, Lexicon, Mar 14, 2010
Jan 28, 2010
Dialect of Chalkidiki
The Dialect of Chalkidiki is a dialect of the Greek language spoken in Chalkidiki (Khalkidiki, Halkidiki, Greek Χαλκιδική), Greece. Regarding the words, as in any other language, the old dialect (frοm the Greek "διάλεκτος" [di΄alektos]) of Northern Greece and especially of Chalkidiki Prefecture', is divided into three parts:
1. The extra Greek words used in the dialect
2. The extra words of foreign 'origin
3. The pronunciation' of the words, and the intonation
What prevails, however, and is heard in the pronunciation of the words is the “Vowel Reduction”.
The Greek language, as other languages of Mediterranean countries, has five basic sounds of vowels, five cardinal vowels:
[i], monophthongs or diphthongs ι, η, υ, οι, ει
[e], monophthong or diphthong ε, αι
[a], monophthong α [o], monophthongs ο, ω
[u], diphthong ου
It is well known in linguistics (pronunciation, phonetics), that some vowels are created in the upper part of the [cavity] of the mouth (high vowels) (in front [i], in the back [u]), others in the middle of the mouth (mid vowels) (in front [e], in the back [o]), and others in the nether part of the mouth (low vowels) ([a]). As a rule the sounds of vowels that are to be articulated in the middle or upper part, when they are not accented (stressed), they are reduced, i.e. they tend to be created in the upper or uppermost part. As a result the sound [e] is reduced to [i], the sound [o] is reduced [u], and the sounds [u] and [i], in syllables (preceded by consonants), are reduced very much ([i] becomes [j], or even not sounded at all (dropped) (not dropped when with other vowels). One can find this also in other regions of the Greek mainland
Examples:
Αύριο θα πάμε (Θεσ)σαλονίκη, becomes: Αύριου θα πάμι (Θι)σαλουνίκj [΄avriu θa ΄pami (θi)salu΄nikj]
Έχει δουλειές στον Αη-Μάμα και στον Πολύγυρο, becomes: [Εχj δλειές στουν Αj Μάμα κι στουν Πουλύγjρου]. [stu bu΄liɣjru]
Wholeness, in Greek Holotes, Jan 28, 2010
HOLOTES, Natural and Artificial Entities, Jan 28, 2010
Holotes, Holotis, or Olotis, a sum of dissimilar parts[1] of matter and/or energy and/or mind (mental) creating a new existence[2] (entity), different from its parts (components), and functioning as such.
The sums of similar parts are counted as one part each (quantity/amount, group, total) in this regard.The term holotes is found for the first time in the Theology of Orpheus, but it was extensively used by Aristotle in his Metaphysics.
Descriptions, Examples
Head in animals is a typical holotes as well as a hypo-holotes of the complete holotes "body"
The (human) brain is a holotes of matter, energy and mind (thought), incessantly attempting to explain phenomena accordingly (similarly), i.e. according to its existence, to itself, and to its complete satisfactionconsummation) (
- Although both head and brain are in reality parts of
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CUSTOMER EQUITY, C.E. Mar 27, 2009
In free market the Seller (producer/supplier/business), in general, defines a higher price for the Buyer (customer, consumer, client) to pay for the seller's products and/or services, bearing in mind the cost of various business tools/means (facility, equipment etc) the seller needs to operate, apart from consumables, which finally become its assets.
That is to say if the seller/supplier were provided with the tools/means to operate (building facility, machinery, furniture/equipment etc) by the customers, it should charge them less for the acquisition of goods/services, permanently (purchase) or temporarily (lease, rent, use only), and all such assets -ownership equity - theoretically, should belong to the buyers/customers and shared between them