So far as I can tell, this is a sign that has rendered the name Dimitrius Apostolopoulou in English as James Poulos. Tragically, that is roughly the limit of my felicity with the Greek language. I have no idea, for instance, why the word or acronym ODOS has been spelled above Mr. Apostolopoulou's name and my own.
But in an act of solidarity, I've got to link -- for the benefit of all you literate Greeks out there -- to this extraordinarily entertaining and poorly Google-translatable page.
This is as good enough a time as any to go on record as one of those Greek Americans who've 'been back', if only to Athens and Myconos. And if someone granted the right to use it, It'd be supercool to post this little pic hither and yon for an indefinite period of time.
This concludes this episode of dorking out on one's formerly recognized 'nonwhite' ethnic status.
Hi!
"ODOS" is the Greek word of "street".
This is just a street sign.
Demetrios Apostolopoulos (aka James Poulos) probally was a Greek- American, coming from Tripolis, Arcadia, Peloponnisos.
Posted by: Panos | May 09, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Oh, it figures someone literate in Greek would come up with the real translation before I could think of something insulting but funny (to me only, I'm sure) to suggest.
Posted by: Joules | May 11, 2008 at 08:45 PM