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<blockquote data-quote="patrickmoran" data-source="post: 44632" data-attributes="member: 5431"><p>Spike/my father, was given basic Greek language lessons before being dropped into Greece and practised his grammar in bed. He learnt the rest in Greece. Given, that his task was to demolish/sabotage German interests and supply lines and also to liase with the Greek resistance, I reckon he would have only needed enough command of the Greek language to befriend and therefore not needed the much higher degree that would be needed to deceive, the local populas. Of the ten years I had with him, 3.5 years were spent in Cyprus and I remember when he spoke Greek, the locals thought he was Greek. So he did master the language. As for whether he could read ancient Greek or not I am not sure, but do know my mother had lessons in a more modern form of Greek when we were in Cyprus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patrickmoran, post: 44632, member: 5431"] Spike/my father, was given basic Greek language lessons before being dropped into Greece and practised his grammar in bed. He learnt the rest in Greece. Given, that his task was to demolish/sabotage German interests and supply lines and also to liase with the Greek resistance, I reckon he would have only needed enough command of the Greek language to befriend and therefore not needed the much higher degree that would be needed to deceive, the local populas. Of the ten years I had with him, 3.5 years were spent in Cyprus and I remember when he spoke Greek, the locals thought he was Greek. So he did master the language. As for whether he could read ancient Greek or not I am not sure, but do know my mother had lessons in a more modern form of Greek when we were in Cyprus. [/QUOTE]
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