Is it me or is this really in Greek?

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The discussion revolves around a document that participants believe is in Greek, despite expectations that it would be in English. The focus includes issues related to document formatting and font installation, as well as the identification of the language used in the document.

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  • One participant expresses confusion over a document they expected to be in English but appears to be in Greek, questioning how to convert it into the proper format.
  • Another participant confirms that the document is indeed in Neogreek, citing the appearance of Greek letters and the word "Volt" as evidence.
  • A different participant also asserts that the document is in Greek but does not provide a reason for this observation.
  • A humorous remark suggests that the author of the document might be Greek, implying a possible reason for the language used.

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Participants generally agree that the document is in Greek, but there is no consensus on the reasons for this or how to address the formatting issue.

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Participants express uncertainty regarding the proper fonts needed to read the document and the implications of the language used. There are no detailed discussions on the technical aspects of document conversion or font installation.

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Is it me or is this really in Greek?

http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/~sstef/docs/notes.pdf

I thought it was supposed to be in English but I'm having trouble reading this file! Does anyone know how to convert it into the propert format? I'm concerned that I don't have the proper font installe.d
Thanks.
 
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yxgao said:
http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/~sstef/docs/notes.pdf

I thought it was supposed to be in English but I'm having trouble reading this file! Does anyone know how to convert it into the propert format? I'm concerned that I don't have the proper font installe.d
Thanks.

It surely is in Greek.Neogreek,actually.How did i figure that (i don't know a word in Dutch and i been living in Belgium for 2 months and a half,so Neogreek is completely strange to me,though a know of my fair share of words in Ancient Greek (especially the ones related to physics and mathematics)) out?Simple,in the second page,among all those Greek letters,the word "Volt" showed up.Had it been in Greek,it should have stated B(large beta,in Neogreek read "V") omicron lambda tau.

Daniel.
 
yxgao said:
http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/~sstef/docs/notes.pdf

I thought it was supposed to be in English but I'm having trouble reading this file! Does anyone know how to convert it into the propert format? I'm concerned that I don't have the proper font installe.d
Thanks.


No its really in greek, and i ahve no clue why.
 
franznietzsche said:
No its really in greek, and i ahve no clue why.
Perhaps because the guy who wrote it is, maybe, I dunno, GREEK? :-p
 

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