pontios
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I may have misheard a newsreader yesterday (on the radio) pronounce the word "τεκταινομενα" as "τεκμενόμενα", but I nevertheless jotted it down the way I heard it and proceeded to do a google search, which produced a small number of results (108).
The results originated from (what appeared to be) some seriously written articles.
The word is not found in dictionaries however ?
Maybe it can be explained away as a common enough solecism or misspelling of τεκταινόμενα , to the extent that not even the serious text/article writers or newsreaders are insusceptible to it (to a typo or a slip of the tongue)- but on the other hand there are about 100 google results where it's spelt as "τεκμενόμενα" and none whatsoever as "τεκμαινόμενα "(which more closely resembles the spelling of τεκταινόμενα), that to me is very curious.
Moreover, I could (almost) swear that I heard it pronounced as "τεκμενόμενα" (by the newsreader), as I immediately jotted the word down in my notebook, as I heard it (as opposed to subsequently relying on memory, some time hence).
Can anyone make heads or tails of this ?
Does the word exist ?
:huh:
The results originated from (what appeared to be) some seriously written articles.
The word is not found in dictionaries however ?
Maybe it can be explained away as a common enough solecism or misspelling of τεκταινόμενα , to the extent that not even the serious text/article writers or newsreaders are insusceptible to it (to a typo or a slip of the tongue)- but on the other hand there are about 100 google results where it's spelt as "τεκμενόμενα" and none whatsoever as "τεκμαινόμενα "(which more closely resembles the spelling of τεκταινόμενα), that to me is very curious.
Moreover, I could (almost) swear that I heard it pronounced as "τεκμενόμενα" (by the newsreader), as I immediately jotted the word down in my notebook, as I heard it (as opposed to subsequently relying on memory, some time hence).
Can anyone make heads or tails of this ?
Does the word exist ?
:huh: