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    Ονόματα για καριέρα στην Ελλάδα (και όχι μόνο)

    You can almost call that an "a posteriori" amendment. :confused: (I promise to stop now).
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    Ονόματα για καριέρα στην Ελλάδα (και όχι μόνο)

    Ας μην ξεχνάμε και τον υποναύαρχο ("rear" admiral) Butt :-) ... https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Portals/10/senior_leaders/bio/MarkButt.pdf
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    Μη σταματάτε στην πρώτη σημασία τους — έχουν κι άλλες

    A man was worried about his hearing, so he made his way to the Vatican and managed to get a private audience with the Pope. He explained his hearing problem to the Pope, who listened attentively, nodded, and then placed his hands on the man's ears. The pope couldn't help but notice the man's...
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    two-sided alpha-adjusted

    I appreciate your perspective, cougr. While I understand that "with a X percent confidence interval" is a common expression in statistical discourse, I think that when directly translating into Greek ,introducing "με" (even in brackets) does not align with the scientific shorthand notation...
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    two-sided alpha-adjusted

    G'day, cougr. Ναι, αλλά, η διατυπωση με το "με" (έστω και σε παρένθεση) μπορεί να αποβεί παραπλανητικη; It is misleading because it implies that the CI is expressed as a percentage, which is not the case (as you know).
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    two-sided alpha-adjusted

    ... το διάστημα εμπιστοσύνης δεν εκφράζεται ως ποσοστό. Συνήθως εκφράζεται ως εύρος τιμών (όπως 180cm - 190 cm, 70kg - 80kg, etc...).
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    two-sided alpha-adjusted

    In the second example .... "A two-sided, alpha level adjusted confidence interval (CI) .... " I'm looking at the alpha level adjusted CI part, in particular. I'm just wondering if this means that the CI is being controlled by adjusting the value of alpha? Δηλαδή, αν το διάστημα εμπιστοσύνης...
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    self-doubt = αυτοαμφισβήτηση και όχι αυτο(-)αμφιβολία

    Αυτο που ηθελα να πω ειναι ότι μπορεί, ίσως, η αμφιβολία/αυτο-αμφιβολια να είναι η κατασταση αβεβαιότητας στην οποία οδηγηθήκαμε (απο τις συνεχείς αυτο-κατηγοριες/ αυτοαμφισβητησεις); In other words doubt/self-doubt might be a state, a mental state if you like (of doubt/uncertainty/ lack of...
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    self-doubt = αυτοαμφισβήτηση και όχι αυτο(-)αμφιβολία

    Νομίζω η αυτο-αμφιβολία πρόκειται για μια πιο παθητική μορφή αυτοαμφισβήτησης. I think αυτο-αμφιβολια (which aligns with self-doubt, to me?) typically involves introspection, reflecting on past choices or actions - so you're not actively questioning, contesting or disputing your decisions (which...
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    To live vicariously through someone else

    Thanks, daeman. For some reason, I had cosmasad on ignore, I just realised? I would never use my ignore button on anyone. So, I can't understand how that happened?
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    To live vicariously through someone else

    Cosmasad's posts have disappeared (SBE replied yesterday to his "rich food" thread, but there's no record of it) ... maybe nickel should gather them all under another category, so that they at least appear somewhere?
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    Your slip is showing: Γλωσσικές και μεταφραστικές γκάφες (και μικρολαθάκια)

    το πεπτοκώτα ... δεν μπορω να αποφασισω αν ειναι lapsus calami ή lapsi calami? :confused: In the early Christian Church, lapsi (Latin for "fallen;" Greek: πεπτωκότες, romanized: peptōkotes) were apostates who renounced their faith under persecution by Roman authorities. The term refers to those...
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    Rich food

    There probably isn't a Greek equivalent to "rich food", I'm thinking, as "rich" could also be something that's too chocolaty or too sweet or even too spicy - i.e., anything that you might enjoy eating a small amount of, but soon becomes "too much", as it's overwhelming, or "too intense"? And...
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    silicon wafers = δίσκοι πυριτίου

    Ενω αν έλειπε το "ρ" ... η γκο-φέτα κάπως θα τρωγόταν.
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    lapsus clavis

    ... για όσους θέλουν να κάνουν αρσεις θανάτου ... επ' αόριστον.
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    Addressing a monk or a nun and…

    This topic reminded me of an old riddle: "There are 3909 nuns and 3 had twins ... who was responsible?" As you're posing it to a friend, you're simultaneously writing down ... 3909 3HT (the HT is short for Had Twins). The answer becomes obvious once you show them the reverse side of the...
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    Addressing a monk or a nun and…

    If we're going to be flippant ... Ομοπατριοι αδελφοί - monks Ομομητριες αδελφές - nuns (and may the two not co"habit"ate)
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    Addressing a monk or a nun and…

    If a nun is addressed as αδελφή, why wouldn't a monk be addressed as "αδελφός" (ο απλως καλόγερος, τουλάχιστον)?
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    hinge - long vehicle

    I should have mentioned .... (καλώς όρισες, SofiGrig - actually you joined in 2021?). "A-Pillars straddle the windshield, B-Pillars are in the middle of the passenger compartment (just behind the front doors) and C-Pillars are those at the rear of the passenger compartment." They are there for...
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    hinge - long vehicle

    Ας δούμε ένα παράδειγμα (η αλήθεια είναι ότι δυσκολεύτηκα να βρω και αυτό). B pillar is the central pillar that the door is hinged on. The hinges are in the middle, in this sense. There are no rear doors ... it has 2 middle-hinged (centrally hinged) suicide doors. I'm not sure if it's a long...
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