mc5 - The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated

penelope

Beer, cider or tea

Raak

Or fermented sheep's pee

Neophyte

And it pours with an audible "glug"

Raak

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

Neophyte

Be a scholar, and not just a geek

Phil

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.