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Andy (via twitter)
Continuing with the add an "a" to English words to turn them into Cypriot, how many people had thei…
John
A very good friend of mine created the word antisiseptic. Pronounced the Greek way Andi...etc. she …
Cos
Hoping some of these qualify. Some of these relate to the fish and chip business my parents ran. Do…
Kyri
As it's hay-fever season my Grenglish word is "Apptchuristigga" I sneezed.
Choftes
To talk choftes is to talk rubbish.
"You chat choftes"
"What is this choftes"
Soteres Polydorou
Koungri (concrete)
Pistola (any hand tool that resembles a hand pistol)
Rufkianos (raffian)
For…
Pav masthi
Πιζινες/ πιζινες Μάν ( obviously business/ business man. The way it’s used has cultural connotation…
Mr P
I’m thinking Barberis for barber or is that just how us villagers speak lol 😂
Andy (via twitter)
To add a few from the beautiful game
Korna = Corner
Sentra = Cross i.e. to center the ball
Faool…
Polis Loizou-Denyer
From my great-aunt:
"Ta mbilozirka" - below-zero temperatures
"O hasbis mou" - my husband
Harry
Greek Cypriots in New Zealand are very very few. There are more Greeks in Wellington but all those…
Harry
Kavnas
Another interesting word coined by the Cypriots which my father was perplexed back in th…
Pav mastihi
FOOD AND PRODUCT LABELS 1
I somehow ended up at a Greek Cypriot shop food called Despina’s in S…