Hi Dien!

> Only one word of Paeonian has survived. We
> know about it from one of the works of
> Aristotle.

> The word is "monapos".

> It means "European bison."

****Wow, until just now I never imagined Aristotle hanging around anywhere NEAR Bison. In fact, given my yank-tendency towards America-Centric stuff, I thought Bison were strictly a North American phenomenon. I see I need to get out more!

> I'm probably one of the world experts in
> something called "entangled coherent
> states" -- one of the topics of my
> physics research.

***Now this has made me curious...it sounds like something I experienced in the Post Partum Period! Like at 3 am, Baby awake for the fourth time in the night...Mama being the only "qualified" caretaker?!

Oh, Dien, thank you! I needed to laugh today!! You have done it again!

Did you know Leonardo Da Vinci studied language and word use as a daily habit? I subscribe to Merriem Webster's word of the day, so I can emulate this practice. Now I am going to attempt to use "Monapos" in a sensible, knowledgeable way.

"When Aristotle and his friends needed time away from the rigors of philosophizing, they would hike to a hillside and watch the Monapos grazing on the fertile grasses below."

Now I am laughing really loud and hard.....

THANKS!!! :-)

JULIE