Re: The turned-down way of speaking

Ralph Hancock <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Oct 2019 21:20:42 +0100
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Or is this odd expression simply the result of translating καταστρέφω
literally as 'down-turn', irrespective of the meaninglessness of the result
in English?

RH