(note that it's not always easy being parochially oikophilic if your sympatriots[0] sometimes say things like "no, where are you really from?". Oἶκος strictly speaking referred to the family[1]; some people consider their οἶκος[2] to be less, others, more, inclusive)
[0] did latin pick up patria from greek or are they cognate?
[1] so pedantically "home ec" should be unmarked and "national economy" the marked term.
[2] presumably "kith and kin" is not redundant; which class is larger?
aebtebeten|1 year ago
(note that it's not always easy being parochially oikophilic if your sympatriots[0] sometimes say things like "no, where are you really from?". Oἶκος strictly speaking referred to the family[1]; some people consider their οἶκος[2] to be less, others, more, inclusive)
[0] did latin pick up patria from greek or are they cognate?
[1] so pedantically "home ec" should be unmarked and "national economy" the marked term.
[2] presumably "kith and kin" is not redundant; which class is larger?
> Men are cruel, but man is kind —RT
Lagniappe: https://xkcd.com/2608/