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[simonwjones]

well i tell u guys this much, there is no one in lefke but cypriots, with the occasional turk and this weird Sufi religious cult that seems to have only foregin followers,but thats all, and im definately not calling the place anything but lefke!

Turkish Cypriots?

[zan]

they are turkish villages so they get turkish names

Since when are they Turkish villages wise guy? Tell us all to hear.

I agree, please tell me. I wish to hear.

So, for argument sake, if the English army invaded Turkey and changed the name of Bodrum to something like Birmingham. Would this be classed as an English city? The English would reside there, so why not call it an English city?

Its not that simple Simon....HA! Just got that my self

You are omitting a vital factor in your argument and that is the Turkish Cypriots. We decide what to call our villages and no body else. The GCs have tried to cut us out of all aspects of the cyprob and blame Turkey and it seems that they have got another recruit in you.

[shahmaran]

yes Turkish Cypriots! and yes Zan i aggree with you tottally, it our part of the island, wether they like it or not, and we decide wether we need turkey or not, not them, if they dont like it then they can jsut stick to their share of the island, no one is begging to lift the borders, i personally am ignorantly happy to not know what is on the other side of this border going right by my garden hehehehhe

[zan]

yes Turkish Cypriots! and yes Zan i aggree with you tottally, it our part of the island, wether they like it or not, and we decide wether we need turkey or not, not them, if they dont like it then they can jsut stick to their share of the island, no one is begging to lift the borders, i personally am ignorantly happy to not know what is on the other side of this border going right by my garden hehehehhe

Well if you listen to Kifeas they are all in the gym making ready for war. Piratis says that it might take another two to three hundred years before there is a shift in power so I guess that is a lot of iron they will be pumping.


Perhaps we can get Piratis to give us some figures on that.

[shahmaran]

bwahahahahaha!!! yes i remember that "the shift of power" my god the things kids come up with these days.....i think it was him who didnt beleive in the power of the iron balls, changing minds already i see

[zan]

bwahahahahaha!!! yes i remember that "the shift of power" my god the things kids come up with these days.....i think it was him who didnt beleive in the power of the iron balls, changing minds already i see

You will not see much mind changing from Piratis. He has several templates of ready-made answers equipped with several repetitive numbers that he just recycles over and over again. On one hand it looks like he is saving the planet but on the other he is spouting a hell of a lot of hot air.

Any way…..Time for bed, night……

[shahmaran]

yes i kind of sensed that with a few more people here, seems like everyones sprouting recycled stories, but hey maybe some day we will all find out who really is the ignorant, or maybe we wont need to and all this will just slowly dissolve away and we will all live happily after.......night zan

[stuballstu]

Pyrpolizer wrote

What are you talking about man?
The villages and towns don't officially have 2 or 3 names. They have ONE name and that name is registered at the UN.
Lefkosia as written in Greek and as written in Turkish spells exactly the same.

Pypolizer

You know what I am saying.

Lefkosia is the Greek spelling, Lefkosa (the S with a c underneath) is the Turkish spelling but in English it is know as Nicosia. It is just an example. Kyrenia is the same. Kyrenia is the English name and spelling, the Greek version is very similiar to the English spelling but not the same i think its Kyrneia and in Turkish it is Girne

simonwjones wrote

So, for argument sake, if the English army invaded Turkey and changed the name of Bodrum to something like Birmingham. Would this be classed as an English city? The English would reside there, so why not call it an English city?

Simon you are comparing apples with pears here. I know the question is rhetoric but England does not have an army.

What you have to remember given the history of Cyprus there are influences over Cypriot culture from the Ottoman days, as well as Greek and indeed British. Because Cyprus has 2 official languages Turkish Cypriots would refer to a village in its Turkish name and Greek Cypriots its Greek name. Prior to 1974 many older TC's were fluent in Greek and GC's spoke some Turkish as well as speaking English. Most names originate from prior to 1974. Any older TCs on this forum may be able to confirm this such as mrfromng or indeed zan may be able to confirm this.

[bill cobbett]

I sometimes hear colloquial references to Nicosia as "Hora" and Larnaca as "Scala", and Famagusta as "Varosi" so some towns seem to have four names.

[zan]

What do Germans call Cyprus........ Those bastards!