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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts.

The Modern Greek language has some aspects that would totally baffle a native English speaker for various reasons.

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Illustration: HuffPost; Image: Andrew Harnik via Getty Images; Tweet via Elon Musk/X If, culturally, you thought we left “the R-word” back in the late ’90s, you’d unfortunately be wrong.