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Postby Filitsa » Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:55 pm

Oracle wrote:
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CBBB wrote:Filitsa,

When in Greek mode type the accent you want followed by the letter it should be on.

Providing you settings are right, this should do the trick.


Σ'ευχaριστώ, CBBB. :)

It took me some time and effort to find and to operate properly the only accent mark I was able to find. On my keyboard, it is located where the semicolon is located. Is this correct? Where are the others?

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Look Bubbles: η ποδιά! :D (smug smile of accomplishment)

Anyway Bubbles, ξεχάστε την ποδιά sou και πάρτε από την κουζίνα! :wink:


Filitsa dear, stick to English :lol:


What's the matter, dear Oracle? ... Don't understand Greek? I'll bet Bubbles can translate for you? :D
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Postby Oracle » Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:59 pm

Filitsa wrote:
Oracle wrote:
Filitsa wrote:
CBBB wrote:Filitsa,

When in Greek mode type the accent you want followed by the letter it should be on.

Providing you settings are right, this should do the trick.


Σ'ευχaριστώ, CBBB. :)

It took me some time and effort to find and to operate properly the only accent mark I was able to find. On my keyboard, it is located where the semicolon is located. Is this correct? Where are the others?

*************************************************************

Look Bubbles: η ποδιά! :D (smug smile of accomplishment)

Anyway Bubbles, ξεχάστε την ποδιά sou και πάρτε από την κουζίνα! :wink:


Filitsa dear, stick to English :lol:


What's the matter, dear Oracle? ... Don't understand Greek? I'll bet Bubbles can translate for you? :D


Oh :shock: .... was that Greek .... :lol:
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Postby Nikitas » Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:01 pm

No problems that the import of accents will not fix. Otherwise English with its lack of cases and genders is pretty simple. But must admit, it is possible for a non speaker of Greek, and Spanish, to read aloud a passage and be understood, while it is impossible to phonetically read English unless you know the meaning.
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Postby Filitsa » Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:16 pm

Oracle wrote:
Filitsa wrote:
Oracle wrote:
Filitsa wrote:
CBBB wrote:Filitsa,

When in Greek mode type the accent you want followed by the letter it should be on.

Providing you settings are right, this should do the trick.


Σ'ευχaριστώ, CBBB. :)

It took me some time and effort to find and to operate properly the only accent mark I was able to find. On my keyboard, it is located where the semicolon is located. Is this correct? Where are the others?

*************************************************************

Look Bubbles: η ποδιά! :D (smug smile of accomplishment)

Anyway Bubbles, ξεχάστε την ποδιά sou και πάρτε από την κουζίνα! :wink:


Filitsa dear, stick to English :lol:


What's the matter, dear Oracle? ... Don't understand Greek? I'll bet Bubbles can translate for you? :D


Oh :shock: .... was that Greek .... :lol:


Come on Oracle, translate. Give it a try. ... Or is the demotic beneath you? :lol:
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Postby Oracle » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:16 pm

Filitsa wrote:
Oracle wrote:
Filitsa wrote:
Oracle wrote:
Filitsa wrote:
CBBB wrote:Filitsa,

When in Greek mode type the accent you want followed by the letter it should be on.

Providing you settings are right, this should do the trick.


Σ'ευχaριστώ, CBBB. :)

It took me some time and effort to find and to operate properly the only accent mark I was able to find. On my keyboard, it is located where the semicolon is located. Is this correct? Where are the others?

*************************************************************

Look Bubbles: η ποδιά! :D (smug smile of accomplishment)

Anyway Bubbles, ξεχάστε την ποδιά sou και πάρτε από την κουζίνα! :wink:


Filitsa dear, stick to English :lol:


What's the matter, dear Oracle? ... Don't understand Greek? I'll bet Bubbles can translate for you? :D


Oh :shock: .... was that Greek .... :lol:


Come on Oracle, translate. Give it a try. ... Or is the demotic beneath you? :lol:


Translating would lend it a credence it does not deserve. :wink:

Untangle your Greeklish and "demotic" from your Yankifications, and we may find out what should be "taken" from the kitchen :lol:
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Postby Filitsa » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:47 pm

Indeed my Greek sucks, Oracle, but the expression above, one my Maniatissa yiayia would use, is old Maniatiko slang. Προτιμάτε "φέυγετε από" ή "αναχωρίστε," Κα. Δάσκαλου? :lol:

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CBBB (or anyone else), where, in Greek mode, is the semicolon located on a Latin keyboard, so that I may make a proper Greek question mark in the future?
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Postby Oracle » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:25 pm

Filitsa wrote:Indeed my Greek sucks, Oracle, but the expression above, one my Maniatissa yiayia would use, is old Maniatiko slang. Προτιμάτε "φέυγετε από" ή "αναχωρίστε," Κα. Δάσκαλου? :lol:

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CBBB (or anyone else), where, in Greek mode, is the semicolon located on a Latin keyboard, so that I may make a proper Greek question mark in the future?


Now you have admitted it first ... I will second that my Greek sucks ... but clearly not as much as yours :lol: ..... but only because I have been in Cyprus for seven months. :wink:

I admire you for admitting that :D
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Postby SSBubbles » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:45 pm

Filitsa wrote:
CBBB wrote:Filitsa,

When in Greek mode type the accent you want followed by the letter it should be on.

Providing you settings are right, this should do the trick.


Σ'ευχaριστώ, CBBB. :)

It took me some time and effort to find and to operate properly the only accent mark I was able to find. On my keyboard, it is located where the semicolon is located. Is this correct? Where are the others?

*************************************************************

Look Bubbles: η ποδιά! :D (smug smile of accomplishment)

Anyway Bubbles, ξεχάστε την ποδιά sou και πάρτε από την κουζίνα! :wink:


Kala (or should that be kalos? :oops: )

I had to look up your first verb Filitsa, but then I did indeed 'forget my apron and got out of the kitchen!' (For today at least! :wink: )
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Postby SSBubbles » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:46 pm

Filitsa wrote:
Oracle wrote:
Filitsa wrote:
CBBB wrote:Filitsa,

When in Greek mode type the accent you want followed by the letter it should be on.

Providing you settings are right, this should do the trick.


Σ'ευχaριστώ, CBBB. :)

It took me some time and effort to find and to operate properly the only accent mark I was able to find. On my keyboard, it is located where the semicolon is located. Is this correct? Where are the others?

*************************************************************

Look Bubbles: η ποδιά! :D (smug smile of accomplishment)

Anyway Bubbles, ξεχάστε την ποδιά sou και πάρτε από την κουζίνα! :wink:


Filitsa dear, stick to English :lol:


What's the matter, dear Oracle? ... Don't understand Greek? I'll bet Bubbles can translate for you? :D



:lol: :lol: Don't forget that I am still learning too! :shock:
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Postby Filitsa » Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:49 am

SSBubbles wrote:
Filitsa wrote:
Oracle wrote:
Filitsa wrote:
CBBB wrote:Filitsa,

When in Greek mode type the accent you want followed by the letter it should be on.

Providing you settings are right, this should do the trick.


Σ'ευχaριστώ, CBBB. :)

It took me some time and effort to find and to operate properly the only accent mark I was able to find. On my keyboard, it is located where the semicolon is located. Is this correct? Where are the others?

*************************************************************

Look Bubbles: η ποδιά! :D (smug smile of accomplishment)

Anyway Bubbles, ξεχάστε την ποδιά sou και πάρτε από την κουζίνα! :wink:


Filitsa dear, stick to English :lol:


What's the matter, dear Oracle? ... Don't understand Greek? I'll bet Bubbles can translate for you? :D



:lol: :lol: Don't forget that I am still learning too! :shock:


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