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[raymanuva]

greek.god - NONSENCE, there are no Cypriot waiters left.... which really pisses me off.

[greek.god]

Yep,

My bad...I forgot you have to be from the ex U.S.S.R to get a job as a waiter/waitress. Then you have to point at the menu as even the ability to speak English or some semblance of Greek is non-existent.

I love Cyprus and its people...if you can put up with all the bovine scatalogy (bullshit for you non anglophile or Americans) and make more than 1000 CYP per month single and at least 2 to 3 K married with children you'll survive.

Watch your back, Cypriots have a keen acumen for business, they may seem like yokles but they are not. How else can they posari (new greek word for keeping up with Jones') that they have so much money

[Svetlana]

Greek God

Do you have any more relevant translations - the ones you have provided are very useful -)

lana

[greek.god]

Svetlana,

As you requested here are more useful Greek phrases to use in Cyprus:

Pote fevgi to leforio = when is the bus leaving: What busses, Cyprus is the only EU member without a viable public transportation system.

Giati then anavis to elektroniko roloi mesa sto taxi= why don't you turn on the taxi meter: Cypriot taxi drivers have the ability to compute driving distance and rate per kilometer using their god given mathematical talent. Technology is only for fools.

Ti ehi stin tiloresi apopse = what's on T.V. tonight: If you are watching cypriot T.V. via an aerial antenae your probably watching the mating habits of the african tortoise in the galapagos. Get a satellite dish.

Ti kreas einai afto = what kind of meat is this: If you have to ask, you don't want to know.

Ti fagito einai tis imeras = what is the food of the day: Waiter thinks in Russian...does this putz think we serve fresh food...I hope he/she likes shitty service and cold food reheated under a light

Then iparhi provlima = there is no problem: run and hire a lawyer as quickly as you can

I ptisi tis Cyprus Airways einai on time = The Cyprus Airways flight is on time: These words are forbidden and have been stricken from the lexicon of Cyprus Airways.

Kanoume Epergia = We are on strike: We work from 0830-1300 with a 1 hour lunch break, this is an inhumane to treat extremely knowledgeable civil servants.

Ehi pai diakopes = They are on leave: He/She is the only person in the entire building who knows how to accomplish the form you have requested.

Then pirazi = It doesn't matter: Hell ya it matters you stupid foreigner, please pay on the way out and come again.

Efharisto poli = thanks very much: Thanks for letting me rip you off, by charging 80 cents for a 30 cent bottle of water.

Etsi to kanoume edo stin kypro = this is the way it's done in Cyprus: We like things the way they are, backwards, upsidedown, fu..ed up, we don't let EU laws and directives dictate how things are done.

To xenodohio einai 5 asteri = the hotel is rated at 5 stars: Yeah right..maybe supernova's that have exploded.

Irtha stin Kypro me artiste visa = I came to Cyprus on a artiste visa: Before you take her home to meet mom, understand that the woman you just bought a drink for came to Cyprus to work as a lady of the evening.

[Filitsa]

Cypriots generally say "thank you" instead of "efharistw," particularly those who live in the cities and tourist areas and who work in the service industries.

One of my favourites. (I hope I spell it correctly).

Burno burno tin Jirkajin.

Translated: Early Sunday morning.

Prwi prwi sthn Kyriakh.

[kafenes]

Cypriots generally say "thank you" instead of "efharistw," particularly those who live in the cities and tourist areas and who work in the service industries.

One of my favourites. (I hope I spell it correctly).

Burno burno tin Jirkajin.

Translated: Early Sunday morning.

Prwi prwi sthn Kyriakh.

My wife taught me that one.............and she's Russian.

[Filitsa]

I hope you don't think that I'm correcting you, Kafenes. Rather, I translated it out of the Cypriot dialect into the demotic Greek as spoken in Greece. Kudos to your wife and you!

[kafenes]

I hope you don't think that I'm correcting you, Kafenes. Rather, I translated it out of the Cypriot dialect into the demotic Greek as spoken in Greece. Kudos to your wife and you!

That is fine Filitsa. Thanks.

[kurupetos]

It is rather offensive to speak greek to a cypriot Every cypriot thinks that he is an english language professor

[paliometoxo]

yes but thats how they talk in the villages ;p if you go to lemesos some of the higher class like ot talk how they do in greece better

nampou ginete.. pothen kofkeis.... some people hate the village talk its better not to talk village