mc5 - The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated

And it pours with an audible "glug"

I've decided to teach myself Greek (which is what that line of squiggles earlier was a transliteration of)

Be a scholar, and not just a geek

But my transliteration [Raak] Ah, I couldn't for the life of me work out what the 2nd word was supposed to be. Why not use a δ (delta) instead of ντ?

Raak

Because in modern Greek, δ is a voiced "th", and "ντ" is used for the "d" sound.