I spoke Gaelic that's Scottish to my father, Italian to my mother and Greek to the kids in the street in Philadelphia. His clipped, gruff voice is informal and friendly. He speaks with a quick wit and a short amount of patience for those who can't follow his stories. He says he taught himself to read ancient Greek but bemoans how Greek is taught in most institutions of learning. It's all wrong because you can't speak it.
Nobody speaks like that.
While Kenna may hold some controversial views about linguistics, he has attracted many people to a faith that is often misunderstood by Americans. One of those people is Sara Cook, a chanter and convert to Orthodoxy. Cook was raised a Baptist but converted later in life. We're talking about 2000 years of unbroken history. As a daughter of Greek immigrants, Oldziey was raised Orthodox.