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[denizaksulu]

Why? I mean it's widely accepted that the Cypriot dialect borrowed words and expressions from many different other languages and of course there is Turkish words in our dialect since we have some history with the Turkish The base of our language is heavily rooted in Ancient Greek but it's not purely a Greek dialect!

I know. Its a universal phenomenon, but O sees things through a different microscope (damn; ) another Greek word.

[Kangarooster]

One every four english words is purely greek :>

[denizaksulu]

One every four english words is purely greek :>

Oh yeah; prove it.

Four word sentence above, which is the fourth one?

[kafenes]

One every four english words is purely greek :>

Oh yeah; prove it.

Four word sentence above, which is the fourth one?

"Oh"???

[denizaksulu]

Oh, realy?

[kafenes]

Oh, realy?

See!!! Now that makes it one in every two words.

[denizaksulu]

Oh, realy?

See!!! Now that makes it one in every two words.

Please explain; how is the English OH!! derived from the Greek, with a similar meaning.

[insan]

1/10 would be correct.

List of English words of Greek origin
ज्ञानकोश: - The Indological Knowledgebase

Until the 16th century, the few Greek words that were absorbed into English came through their Latin derivations. Most of the early borrowings are for expressions in theology for which there were no English equivalents. In the late 16th century an influx of Greek words were derived directly, in intellectual fields and the new science. This is a list of some English language words of Greek language origin. Greek words make up some 10% of the English language, so this list is necessarily incomplete.

http://www.indopedia.org/List_of_Englis ... rigin.html

[insan]

One every four english words is purely greek :>

Oh yeah; prove it.

Four word sentence above, which is the fourth one?

Zealot Bishop is a barbarian. Greek origin words r in bold.

[zan]

OK, try this. Put the sugar in the water and heat the water up to semi caramelise the suger, then put in the coffee, a quick stir and bring to the boil and pour in the cup. This is my favourite way of making coffee. Also another way to experiment is the mixture of different levels of toasted coffee (black mixed with the brown) to get the taste that you like.

From the program QI, I found out that the most expensive coffee, at around £50 a cup from Indonesia. (http://most-expensive.net/coffee-in-world). The reason explained in the article was not the one given on QI though. Apparently the cat like animal that the coffee bean passes through, eats only the perfectly ripe fruit and only digests the outer layer. Too ripe or not ripe enough and it will not eat it. The perfect selection process. A few hours later you have a hand full of coffee with each bean exactly the same taste. Wash your hands afterwards though

Why have I not seen that film Thanks Kafenes...One for the weekend!!!