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[denizaksulu]

Spoke to mum today and asked her about 'makhjagal'. She believes it's an Armenian word from the 2 words, mahich (meaning bed) and agal (meaning embrace). In the Armenian Bible, Jesus healed a sick man in the street and told him 'pick up your MAHICH and go home'. Your interpretation of it being a 'camp bed' could be very close as well. I will do some more research.

Kafenes, I did not realise this was one of your quiz's Just spoke to an Afgani student (she reminded me of Ojen (Eugenie) She said it sounded like a Surname, then said it could be 'Kurdish' . She will ask her Kurdish boyfriend and let me know..

No Deniz, not a quiz this time.
I just was so sure it would have been of Turkish origin. But the as you first said 'night jackal' could have been a brand name which got stuck(like Hoover for vacuum cleaners) for metal barred camp beds.

BTW when you were young did you used to kill wasps and take them to the police station and get some money for them?

A big YES. Half-a shilling each. It was wonderful. In the blazing heat, near the village fountain (taps/cesme) with a branch of som brush wood. We would kill the sods and take them to the agriculture officer who paid us. We would save enough money and hire the local bus which would take us to Larnaca to the open air cinema. The bastards sting bad though.

[webbo]

Final word ...

I wonder if Lena's "proper Greek" is like her "proper English" ...

Seriously now ... Gally nixta ....

I do feel sorry for you. Honestly. Never said that I speak or right proper English. Never said that I am perfect but my Greek are very well and I wish my English were that good too.

But the reason that I feel sorry for you is that you cannot discuss properly but first you call me non Cypriot and now you offend my English. Whatever.

Good night

Lena I have to keep reminding you ... you are really consistent in falsely accusing people ...

.... am more Cypriot than you come across sometimes.

I did not say you were "non Cypriot" ...

But I will say ...

You are non Corpus mentis so good night !

Should I count the good night before you actually leave the forum to go to bed?

Feel like I am the GROUNDHOG FORUM!!

Bubbles x

[denizaksulu]

Thanks for your advice. I have never met a GC with whom a relationship would be other than friendly. I hope it continues. Laughing

There are many GC like me, we do not all hate each other. You might feel negativity from some, but there is no difference between the negativity you feel by being TC and from me being GC born in the UK, or from his neighbour you drives a Porsche. Generally speaking GC can be known to have the jeoulusy gene, but those who posses this gene are poor small minded people. Those negative people are few, most people are polite and well mannered to stangers and will help most people even TC's , particulatly in Nicosia.

As a TC you belong in the Cypriot community, preferably the one that is recognised , my family owns vasts amount of land over in the occupied areas, we don't want to go back, were happy where we are, and if we were even given it back we would probably use it as a holiday home. Seriously.

I live in a great Cypriot community....................in London. I am still undecided where I would live when I retire. I am 'attracted' between my UK born grand children and my 'home' which is Cyprus. My roots are in the Larnaca district. I dream to live there one day. Decision, decisions. OrPh doesnt help either.

[Sega]

Thanks for your advice. I have never met a GC with whom a relationship would be other than friendly. I hope it continues. Laughing

There are many GC like me, we do not all hate each other. You might feel negativity from some, but there is no difference between the negativity you feel by being TC and from me being GC born in the UK, or from his neighbour you drives a Porsche. Generally speaking GC can be known to have the jeoulusy gene, but those who posses this gene are poor small minded people. Those negative people are few, most people are polite and well mannered to stangers and will help most people even TC's , particulatly in Nicosia.

As a TC you belong in the Cypriot community, preferably the one that is recognised , my family owns vasts amount of land over in the occupied areas, we don't want to go back, were happy where we are, and if we were even given it back we would probably use it as a holiday home. Seriously.

I live in a great Cypriot community....................in London. I am still undecided where I would live when I retire. I am 'attracted' between my UK born grand children and my 'home' which is Cyprus. My roots are in the Larnaca district. I dream to live there one day. Decision, decisions. OrPh doesnt help either.

Larnaca is different to what it use to be, your village is likely to be blazing with tourists. You can buy a house in Larnaca, or maybe take the one you previously had, if possible. Buy a new one, with building regulations and live there. But if your family is in London I would probably remain there, after all your family comes first. Maybe you could come for 2/3 months a year, and the rest of the time in the UK.

Ignore the Oracle, she has a warped sense of reality. Sorry Oracle, but you do.

[halil]

Spoke to mum today and asked her about 'makhjagal'. She believes it's an Armenian word from the 2 words, mahich (meaning bed) and agal (meaning embrace). In the Armenian Bible, Jesus healed a sick man in the street and told him 'pick up your MAHICH and go home'. Your interpretation of it being a 'camp bed' could be very close as well. I will do some more research.

Kafenes, I did not realise this was one of your quiz's Just spoke to an Afgani student (she reminded me of Ojen (Eugenie) She said it sounded like a Surname, then said it could be 'Kurdish' . She will ask her Kurdish boyfriend and let me know..

No Deniz, not a quiz this time.
I just was so sure it would have been of Turkish origin. But the as you first said 'night jackal' could have been a brand name which got stuck(like Hoover for vacuum cleaners) for metal barred camp beds.

BTW when you were young did you used to kill wasps and take them to the police station and get some money for them?

we used do same thing but we were getting our moneys from Muhtar (Muhtari) also we were selling heads of the crows.

[Sega]

Thanks for your advice. I have never met a GC with whom a relationship would be other than friendly. I hope it continues. Laughing

There are many GC like me, we do not all hate each other. You might feel negativity from some, but there is no difference between the negativity you feel by being TC and from me being GC born in the UK, or from his neighbour you drives a Porsche. Generally speaking GC can be known to have the jeoulusy gene, but those who posses this gene are poor small minded people. Those negative people are few, most people are polite and well mannered to stangers and will help most people even TC's , particulatly in Nicosia.

As a TC you belong in the Cypriot community, preferably the one that is recognised , my family owns vasts amount of land over in the occupied areas, we don't want to go back, were happy where we are, and if we were even given it back we would probably use it as a holiday home. Seriously.

I live in a great Cypriot community....................in London. I am still undecided where I would live when I retire. I am 'attracted' between my UK born grand children and my 'home' which is Cyprus. My roots are in the Larnaca district. I dream to live there one day. Decision, decisions. OrPh doesnt help either.

WTF... are you not suppose to be 12?

[kafenes]

Spoke to mum today and asked her about 'makhjagal'. She believes it's an Armenian word from the 2 words, mahich (meaning bed) and agal (meaning embrace). In the Armenian Bible, Jesus healed a sick man in the street and told him 'pick up your MAHICH and go home'. Your interpretation of it being a 'camp bed' could be very close as well. I will do some more research.

Kafenes, I did not realise this was one of your quiz's Just spoke to an Afgani student (she reminded me of Ojen (Eugenie) She said it sounded like a Surname, then said it could be 'Kurdish' . She will ask her Kurdish boyfriend and let me know..

No Deniz, not a quiz this time.
I just was so sure it would have been of Turkish origin. But the as you first said 'night jackal' could have been a brand name which got stuck(like Hoover for vacuum cleaners) for metal barred camp beds.

BTW when you were young did you used to kill wasps and take them to the police station and get some money for them?

A big YES. Half-a shilling each. It was wonderful. In the blazing heat, near the village fountain (taps/cesme) with a branch of som brush wood. We would kill the sods and take them to the agriculture officer who paid us. We would save enough money and hire the local bus which would take us to Larnaca to the open air cinema. The bastards sting bad though.

Ahhh the open air cinemas. I was telling the wife just the other day how much I miss them. Which one did you used to go to Deniz? Attikon, Paradisos, Pallas, Diana? even used to get kebabs delivered to the seats and people had to pass them up and down the rows.

[denizaksulu]

Spoke to mum today and asked her about 'makhjagal'. She believes it's an Armenian word from the 2 words, mahich (meaning bed) and agal (meaning embrace). In the Armenian Bible, Jesus healed a sick man in the street and told him 'pick up your MAHICH and go home'. Your interpretation of it being a 'camp bed' could be very close as well. I will do some more research.

Kafenes, I did not realise this was one of your quiz's Just spoke to an Afgani student (she reminded me of Ojen (Eugenie) She said it sounded like a Surname, then said it could be 'Kurdish' . She will ask her Kurdish boyfriend and let me know..

No Deniz, not a quiz this time.
I just was so sure it would have been of Turkish origin. But the as you first said 'night jackal' could have been a brand name which got stuck(like Hoover for vacuum cleaners) for metal barred camp beds.

BTW when you were young did you used to kill wasps and take them to the police station and get some money for them?

A big YES. Half-a shilling each. It was wonderful. In the blazing heat, near the village fountain (taps/cesme) with a branch of som brush wood. We would kill the sods and take them to the agriculture officer who paid us. We would save enough money and hire the local bus which would take us to Larnaca to the open air cinema. The bastards sting bad though.

Ahhh the open air cinemas. I was telling the wife just the other day how much I miss them. Which one did you used to go to Deniz? Attikon, Paradisos, Pallas, Diana? even used to get kebabs delivered to the seats and people had to pass them up and down the rows.

On a friday night, it would be one showing Turkish language films. I cannot recall the name. It could have been Greek , even Turkish owned. Honestly I havent a clue. In Kyrenia it was the Hilarion Cinema.

It was a choice between Kophinou and Larnaca. The bus driver and the older boys would choose the film. I was too young.

[Tim Drayton]

just spotted in a post on the abandoned puppies that said instead of siga-siga it is Cypriot to say 'yali yali'

that right?
x

Yes it is Cypriot. Yali yali means the same thing as siga siga, slowly slowly. The true Cypriot language is a mixture of Greek and Turkish words. For instance Barberis (barber) is a Turkish word. I use it far more than the greek equivalent of Kourias. You have a choice, it's ashame that many have forgetted their Turkish equivalents, but I know them well. lol

Today I overheard two Limassol city bus drivers talking in Gibriaga, and it seems that they refer to their own profession with a word sounding like "shoferis" which I suppose comes from the Turkish "şoför", itself a loan-word from the French "chaffeur".

[denizaksulu]

just spotted in a post on the abandoned puppies that said instead of siga-siga it is Cypriot to say 'yali yali'

that right?
x

Yes it is Cypriot. Yali yali means the same thing as siga siga, slowly slowly. The true Cypriot language is a mixture of Greek and Turkish words. For instance Barberis (barber) is a Turkish word. I use it far more than the greek equivalent of Kourias. You have a choice, it's ashame that many have forgetted their Turkish equivalents, but I know them well. lol

Today I overheard two Limassol city bus drivers talking in Gibriaga, and it seems that they refer to their own profession with a word sounding like "shoferis" which I suppose comes from the Turkish "şoför", itself a loan-word from the French "chaffeur".

Thats right Tim. It seems in order to 'Grekicise' a Turkish word just add
-is or -i, and Bobs your uncle. Most of them anyway.