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Postby quattro » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:40 pm

halil wrote:
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... :lol: :lol:


Ziligurti Bir!

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


What about these ,Bill???

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


Ananin Örekesi ............. itme harraaaa ..............yedigi nananeye bag.....


halil behave please :oops: :oops:
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Postby quattro » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:43 pm

Even Turks dont know those :) :)
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Postby denizaksulu » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:48 pm

ZoC wrote:good one.... not heard it b4 quattro.. translation?



Beş = Five

Tambur = tambourine

Dört = four

Okka = okkas

Literally, four okkas into five tambours.

(elek/def a large sieve-like apparatus used for measuring grain or portions of hay for farm animals. It would roughly hold an okka of grain. About 18" diam 3" deep. often used to separate the chaf from the grain too.(Tambourine like)

You can make sense out of this surely. :?
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Postby denizaksulu » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:52 pm

quattro wrote:Even Turks dont know those :) :)


Which ones Quattro?
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Postby quattro » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:53 pm

denizaksulu wrote:
ZoC wrote:good one.... not heard it b4 quattro.. translation?



Beş = Five

Tambur = tambourine

Dört = four

Okka = okkas

Literally, four okkas into five tambours.

(elek/def a large sieve-like apparatus used for measuring grain or portions of hay for farm animals. It would roughly hold an okka of grain. About 18" diam 3" deep. often used to separate the chaf from the grain too.(Tambourine like)

You can make sense out of this surely. :?


that is the most scientific explanation i have ever heard
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Postby kurupetos » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:01 pm

quattro wrote:
denizaksulu wrote:
ZoC wrote:good one.... not heard it b4 quattro.. translation?



Beş = Five

Tambur = tambourine

Dört = four

Okka = okkas

Literally, four okkas into five tambours.

(elek/def a large sieve-like apparatus used for measuring grain or portions of hay for farm animals. It would roughly hold an okka of grain. About 18" diam 3" deep. often used to separate the chaf from the grain too.(Tambourine like)

You can make sense out of this surely. :?


that is the most scientific explanation i have ever heard
:eyecrazy: :eyecrazy:


It means 'I don't care'. :wink:
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Postby Filitsa » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:04 pm

quattro wrote:
denizaksulu wrote:
ZoC wrote:good one.... not heard it b4 quattro.. translation?



Beş = Five

Tambur = tambourine

Dört = four

Okka = okkas

Literally, four okkas into five tambours.

(elek/def a large sieve-like apparatus used for measuring grain or portions of hay for farm animals. It would roughly hold an okka of grain. About 18" diam 3" deep. often used to separate the chaf from the grain too.(Tambourine like)

You can make sense out of this surely. :?


that is the most scientific explanation i have ever heard
:eyecrazy: :eyecrazy:


Okkas? Isn't that the surname of a Cypriot soccer player?

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Yiannis Okkas

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=yia ... ORM=IDFRIR
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Postby kurupetos » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:06 pm

Irrelevant. :roll:
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Postby Filitsa » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:11 pm

kurupetos wrote:Irrelevant. :roll:


Kindly qualify your allegation.
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Postby kurupetos » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:15 pm

Filitsa wrote:
kurupetos wrote:Irrelevant. :roll:


Kindly qualify your allegation.


I wouldn't bother. :lol:
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