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So, it is also the ancestor of: TL/DRSame in Swedish. According to an article I found by a quick search it most likely comes from western Europe in the middle ages, where monks couldn't read Greek and wrote Graecum est; non legitur in their manuscripts (basically means "Too Greek, Didn't Read" ). This was later imported into both English and Swedish (among others) and became "it's greek to me". Shakespeare used it in Julius Caesar.
Oh how delicious... I love when this tidbits of information connect in unexpected ways, giving an extra dimension to mundane things. Like this, TL/DR and my Grand-Father favorite joke. LOL
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