"Bob Terwilliger" schrieb :
> sf wrote:
>
>>>I can't find "teutlophobe" in a dictionary and I think you made it up
>>>and you can just stop that right now, okay? Beta vulgaris seems like an
>>>apt description (see Wiki on beets).
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&e...phobia&spell=1
>>
>> Fear of German or German things.
>
> No, you spelled it wrong. There's an "l" in there which you omitted, i.e.
> it's "teutlo" rather than "teuto."
>
> "Teutlo" is the Greek word for "beet." With "phobe" attached, the word
> means "one who fears or hates beets."
>
No, it's Teutlon, -ou (in Ionic dialect seutlon).
Diminuitive is teutlion (little beet).

Cheers,

Michael "Yes, I'm behind in following the group" Kuettner