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Tzepi and Cep

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Postby CBBB » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:16 pm

My dustbin's full of toadstools!
How do you know?
Because there is not mushroom inside!
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Postby denizaksulu » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:24 pm

CBBB wrote:My dustbin's full of toadstools!
How do you know?
Because there is not mushroom inside!


:roll: :roll:


:lol: :lol:
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Postby boomerang » Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:33 am

Filitsa wrote:
Bananiot wrote:Cep (the c pronounced as tsh) is a Turkish word and we have nicked it to make up tshiepi (G Cypriot) or tsepi (G Greek).


Okay, so if "we" nicked it, and considering Greeks had pockets long before the Turks came around, then what's the Greek word?


boounga... :lol:
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Postby Filitsa » Wed Sep 15, 2010 4:40 pm

boomerang wrote:
Filitsa wrote:
Bananiot wrote:Cep (the c pronounced as tsh) is a Turkish word and we have nicked it to make up tshiepi (G Cypriot) or tsepi (G Greek).


Okay, so if "we" nicked it, and considering Greeks had pockets long before the Turks came around, then what's the Greek word?


boounga... :lol:


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Bananiot is correct: thylaka.

... And the Greek word for sandwich is "SANT-ouits" :wink:
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Postby Bananiot » Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:41 pm

Good effort, try amfipsomo!
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Postby B25 » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:38 pm

So would I ask for a special amfipsomo for a special sandwich? Cos' I just need to say ena diaforo and they know what i mean.


Thinking about it, who in their right mind even uses such a word??
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