Pyrpolizer wrote:For example take a closer look at Paphitis' "katalavete".
This is neither mainland Greek nor Cypriot. It's Charlie.
In mainland Greek it would be "katalavate?"
And in Cypriot Greek "ekatalavete?"
Imagine hearing Paphitis talking live.
Oh dear! You had to dig deep for that.
It certainly is kalamaristika!
Now you are going to say people that use that word don't speak mainland Greek. Problkem is I do.
Lots of people are bewildered when I go to Cyprus and talk the way I do and they actually call me a Kalamara! Plus, the amount of time I spend in Greece lately compounds the situation because I adopt more and more of their linguistic traits.
You people are horkates!
