by ZoC » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:30 pm
Filitsa wrote:ZoC wrote:ame mavroierefke - for blackness go and look...
Isn't it idiomatic for "go to hell. ?
Filitsa wrote: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!
by Filitsa » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:43 pm
bill cobbett wrote:BirKibrisli wrote:bill cobbett wrote: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
by ZoC » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:47 pm
Filitsa wrote:bill cobbett wrote:BirKibrisli wrote:bill cobbett wrote: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
Here'a another one: abuse Greeks and Turks with equal fervor.
by Filitsa » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:47 pm
Filitsa wrote:bill cobbett wrote:BirKibrisli wrote:bill cobbett wrote: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
Here'a another one: abuse Greeks and Turks with equal fervor.
by quattro » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:01 pm
ZoC wrote:Filitsa wrote:ZoC wrote:ame mavroierefke - for blackness go and look...
Isn't it idiomatic for "go to hell. ?
sure.Filitsa wrote: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!
no doubt stole it from us.
by halil » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:33 pm
BirKibrisli wrote:bill cobbett wrote:BirKibrisli wrote: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....
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