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[bill cobbett]

Vreexeh reh Deniz ....

To summarise, and to add a few others, so far on a CY Identity from the above...

Max out the victimhood
Blame others
Very Argumentative
Never, ever concede they may be wrong about anything
Debate degenerates in to swapping insults using a very rich and shared vocab
Obsession with food

Others????

Pretty spot on,reh Bill...That sums up most of us here...
And I would add : Stuborn as a donkey!!!

Oooh yes, must add the donkey to the list...

Max out the victimhood
Blame others
Very Argumentative
Never, ever concede they may be wrong about anything
Debate degenerates in to swapping insults using a very rich and shared vocab
Obsession with food
Stubborn as a donkey

[BirKibrisli]

Here are some words and terms which make the speaker unquestionably Turkish Cypriot...

HASPA CIKAR...

ZILIGURTI...

BEYTAMBAL...

GOTUNUN DUMBEREKKASI...

sorry but these are not translatable...

Ziligurti Bir!

Err ..... the ziligurti one has made its way in to Kibreiaka.

What about these ,Bill???

Ananin roggasi,Husol be ,masgara gilikli....

Fausa Bir ........

Amameyirevge sen da. Can anyone translate? Where is Yfred when you need him.
Even Quatro would do.

Am familiar with the mascara one .... a joker, comedian???

masgara is a joker/comedian yes...masgara gilikli is someone dressed like a comedian...ie,a CLOWN...

See how helpful I am ,Bill? Now tell me what fausa means...

Errr..... no offence.... but it sort of means shut-up.....

Got it... Probably the equivalent of 'haspa cikar' !!!

[kurupetos]

ame mavroierefke - for blackness go and look...



...katse tsai mairefke: koucha tsai kolokouthkia, na fan ta kobellouthkia -
..then settle down to cook: broad beans with marrow mixed, so the kids can eat.

That was YFronts' favourite quote.

[DT.]

Here are some words and terms which make the speaker unquestionably Turkish Cypriot...

HASPA CIKAR...

ZILIGURTI...

BEYTAMBAL...

GOTUNUN DUMBEREKKASI...

sorry but these are not translatable...

Ziligurti Bir!

Err ..... the ziligurti one has made its way in to Kibreiaka.

What about these ,Bill???

Ananin roggasi,Husol be ,masgara gilikli....

Fausa Bir ........

Amameyirevge sen da. Can anyone translate? Where is Yfred when you need him.
Even Quatro would do.

Am familiar with the mascara one .... a joker, comedian???

masgara is a joker/comedian yes...masgara gilikli is someone dressed like a comedian...ie,a CLOWN...

See how helpful I am ,Bill? Now tell me what fausa means...

Inampon touton to gilliki?

What's this state you're in? What the hell are you wearing?

[denizaksulu]

ame mavroierefke - for blackness go and look...



...katse tsai mairefke: koucha tsai kolokouthkia, na fan ta kobellouthkia -
..then settle down to cook: broad beans with marrow mixed, so the kids can eat.

At last, some one with some Gibrislica/Gibrea.

Thanks

It makes sense when you see it in the written form.

[denizaksulu]

Here are some words and terms which make the speaker unquestionably Turkish Cypriot...

HASPA CIKAR...

ZILIGURTI...

BEYTAMBAL...

GOTUNUN DUMBEREKKASI...

sorry but these are not translatable...

Ziligurti Bir!

Err ..... the ziligurti one has made its way in to Kibreiaka.

What about these ,Bill???

Ananin roggasi,Husol be ,masgara gilikli....

Don't tell me you understand Cypriot Turkish,quattro!!!

Banaiyamu!!!

Why not. He lived almost among us, just like now.

How and when did he live amongst us??? I know nothing about quattro apart from what he/she has written...

He was from Tahtakale/Taht el-kala mahallesi.

[denizaksulu]

Vreexeh reh Deniz ....

To summarise, and to add a few others, so far on a CY Identity from the above...

Max out the victimhood
Blame others
Very Argumentative
Never, ever concede they may be wrong about anything
Debate degenerates in to swapping insults using a very rich and shared vocab
Obsession with food

Others????

'max out the victimhood'. Do the RoC still have GC refugees on their postage stamps? I cant but help noticing that TC refugees were forgotten on these stamps. That quality is not only among TCs but well eatblished among our GC brothers too.

Cant we keep politics out of a thread for a change.

[Viewpoint]

May be the RoC should say no more pensions for those in the occupied areas because they are no under effective control of the RoC.

The problem with this is that a lot of honest and poor people will suffer, despite the fact they speak Turkish and their leader admits they are Turks.

AM OVER IT

You cannot stop them or you would have done by now.

[Filitsa]

ame mavroierefke - for blackness go and look...

Isn't it idiomatic for "go to hell. ?

Here's another that always amused me:

"Vgianni mpoullia ston aeran." = He reaches for birds in the air. = He thinks he's "all that."

And of course:

"Ta mathkia sou dekatessera" = Fourteen eyes = Be aware of your surroundings. But this isn't soley Cypriot. Greeks use too. Oh my!

[Filitsa]

Vreexeh reh Deniz ....

To summarise, and to add a few others, so far on a CY Identity from the above...

Max out the victimhood
Blame others
Very Argumentative
Never, ever concede they may be wrong about anything
Debate degenerates in to swapping insults using a very rich and shared vocab
Obsession with food

Others????

Pretty spot on,reh Bill...That sums up most of us here...
And I would add : Stuborn as a donkey!!!

Oooh yes, must add the donkey to the list...

Max out the victimhood
Blame others
Very Argumentative
Never, ever concede they may be wrong about anything
Debate degenerates in to swapping insults using a very rich and shared vocab
Obsession with food
Stubborn as a donkey

Thanks for the summary, Mr. Cobbett. I don't know about Turkish, but these characterstics sound awully Greek to me.