Loukas Christodoulou on Nostr: I was hoping that Greek έλα (ela) and Arabic ياالله (yallah) were related, ...
I was hoping that Greek έλα (ela) and Arabic ياالله (yallah) were related, because they sound similar and mean similar things, but the Greek comes from a Byzantine chariot racing call (?!).
Imagine if all that survived of the British Empire was "ere we gooo".
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