A chorus of frogs

According to Aristophanes, ancient Greek frogs used to say “brekekekex koax koax”. I am fairly sure that “koax” is simply the ancient Greek spelling of “quarks”, and the frogs he was talking about were particle physicists. I think this is clear from a thorough reading of “Finnegan’s Wake”, which includes the quotation “Brekkek kekkek kekkek […]