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by Z4 » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:25 pm

The UK has some pretty distinctive accents. The Geordie, Brummie, Scouse, Bristol and Yorkshire all have strong dialects. Is this the same in CY??

Can someone from Paphos recognise if someone is from Nicosia for example?

by **paliometoxo** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:33 pm

yes the pafites talk differently and the people from limassol.. you can tell especially the ones from pafos lol

by **B25** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:33 pm

of course they can. Nicosians speak proper greek, Pafitians speak english. :lol:

by **paliometoxo** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:34 pm

not all of us speak proper greek.. the villagers especially in this village talk xwrgiatika ;p

by **denizaksulu** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:43 pm

In Nicosia, we could easily tell the Paphians apart. Especially those from Istinjo and Houlou/Hulu.

No prob recognising those from Gallinoporni and Lurucina. They couldnt speak Turkish without reverting to Greek.

We could recognise the speech of the Kophiniotes, because they ended all their sentences/phrases ( well most) with reh. I lived there for three years but was not allowed to pick it up though. It may have died out by now as they have now moved north. Its in the water you see. :lol:

by **fig head** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:44 pm

im not Cypriot and i can recognize different accents, and in pafos there is lots of people who speaks village accent,

endambo gambiz ri ?

by **paliometoxo** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:47 pm

LOl intampou kamneis ra? ;p

village talk some say scum talk that and others dont care.. i guess the more high class people..

i had this one girl tell me i should be ashamed it saying pothen ise? or pothen kofkeis? lol shes like i chop tomatoes lol and got angry

by **denizaksulu** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:50 pm

fig head wrote:im not Cypriot and i can recognize different accents, and in pafos there is lots of people who speaks village accent,

endambo gambiz ri ?

Inda habarga re gori? :lol: