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by **zan** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:04 am

Sayings from my mum.

Wipe that smile off your face or I will make you smile on the other side of your face.

Ice cream! I'll give you ice cream.

Stop crying or I will give you something to cry about :shock:

by **kafenes** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:14 am

zan wrote:Sayings from my mum.

Wipe that smile off your face or I will make you smile on the other side of your face.

Ice cream! I'll give you ice cream.

Stop crying or I will give you something to cry about

Nice ones zan. It looks like you kept your mum busy.
Bet you were a naughty little one.

by **Eliko** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:26 am

kafenes, here's one from the 'Red Indian' culture, very appropriate to some of the exchanges here:-

"Make sure your own tepee is in order, before instructing others on how to arrange theirs !"............ : :wink:

by **ukman** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:34 am

me to my papu.papu can i have 50 pence please .papu to me .40 pence what do you want 30 pence for. :lol:

by **Eliko** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:37 am

Arabian saying:-

"If you allow a Camel to put his nose in your tent, he will soon have his arse in your tent and will shit all over the place !"... :wink:

by **iceman** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:41 am

and here is a nice Cypriot one we use frequently
"If you cant swim,dont climb a tree" :lol:

by **halil** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:41 am

kafenes wrote:In my teenage years while at school in London I used to stay with my grandparents and there was not a day that my grandmother wouldn't come up with a few 'old sayings', some in Armenian but most of them in Turkish, as that was her main language. I used to love them and thought how true they were. Pity I can't even think of one right now. Can anyone remind me of some of them? Turkish, Greek or whatever.

Kafenes;
if u would like to see turkish cypriots idioms. see below link.
http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/c ... ndex.shtml

by **Eliko** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:44 am

" I complained because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet !".......... :wink:

by **cyprusgrump** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:46 am

zan wrote:Sayings from my mum.

Wipe that smile off your face or I will make you smile on the other side of your face.

Ice cream! I'll give you ice cream.

Stop crying or I will give you something to cry about

You must be my brother! :shock:

by **Eliko** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:49 am

"If you put a beggar on horseback, he will ride to hell !"........... :wink:

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