As my ancestry is Greek, my favorite historical example is an ancient Athenian general and politician named Themistocles.

But my loathing for institutions like Deutschbank, BNP, Société Générale, Credit Suisse...that's of a different order, because I'm Greek-American.

Right now, the listings are like Greek to me.

-------------------What comes to mind for me reading your posts is the Classical Greek expression << οὐδέ γρῦ >>, which means something like "without a voice."

From the Greek sarkos (or some such).

He tried to explain the jargon of it all and it was greek but fax at the time spoke ascii text I think and Computers xt(s) text.

Also, since I know so little about financing (Carlton Sheets speaks greek when he talks about his creative financing methods) are there any good books that I can pick up to try to clarify some of this?

This is the healthiest attitude anyone can have.

But the offense that it gives you may just be interpreted as a value judgment on your tenant's part.For instance, as a practicing Greek Orthodox Christian, I am most grievously offended by much of what my tenants do.And yet I've never brought up any of this with them.

On a side not I do love a good hearty Greek salad with cuts of steak covered in feta, giant olives and oil , yum