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What constitutes a Charlie 101 according to Paphitis

Postby Paphitis » Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:50 am

OK Charlies and Charlisses,

it's time we get acquainted with the definition of Charlie.

A Charlie or a Charlissa, is a guy or a girl of Cypriot heritage who grew up in the Norf London area and who invented their own little language and words for our amusement.

For instance, the following forumers are Charlies, and Charlisses!
Miltiades, Kurupetos, Get Real, DT, Oracle, Yialousa, and so forth.

I myself, who come from Avstralia = NOT a Charlie. :D

Other non Charlies are:
Pyro, Boomerang, Sotos, Repulsewarrior, Cap, B25 etc etc.

Katalavete; :D
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Re: What constitutes a Charlie 101 according to Paphitis

Postby DT. » Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:18 am

Paphitis wrote:OK Charlies and Charlisses,

it's time we get acquainted with the definition of Charlie.

A Charlie or a Charlissa, is a guy or a girl of Cypriot heritage who grew up in the Norf London area and who invented their own little language and words for our amusement.

For instance, the following forumers are Charlies, and Charlisses!
Miltiades, Kurupetos, Get Real, DT, Oracle, Yialousa, and so forth.

I myself, who come from Avstralia = NOT a Charlie. :D

Other non Charlies are:
Pyro, Boomerang, Sotos, Repulsewarrior, Cap, B25 etc etc.

Katalavete; :D


end of the day, you hail from one of our colonies.
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Re: What constitutes a Charlie 101 according to Paphitis

Postby Paphitis » Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:36 am

DT. wrote:
Paphitis wrote:OK Charlies and Charlisses,

it's time we get acquainted with the definition of Charlie.

A Charlie or a Charlissa, is a guy or a girl of Cypriot heritage who grew up in the Norf London area and who invented their own little language and words for our amusement.

For instance, the following forumers are Charlies, and Charlisses!
Miltiades, Kurupetos, Get Real, DT, Oracle, Yialousa, and so forth.

I myself, who come from Avstralia = NOT a Charlie. :D

Other non Charlies are:
Pyro, Boomerang, Sotos, Repulsewarrior, Cap, B25 etc etc.

Katalavete; :D


end of the day, you hail from one of our colonies.


This lil colony is sending you a big "Up Yours!" :lol:
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Re: What constitutes a Charlie 101 according to Paphitis

Postby Londonrake » Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:26 pm

Actually......................... I'm the only real Charlie in here. :wink:
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Re: What constitutes a Charlie 101 according to Paphitis

Postby Paphitis » Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:29 pm

Londonrake wrote:Actually......................... I'm the only real Charlie in here. :wink:


True! The other one's place of employment is the troll factory in St Petersburg! :lol:
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Re: What constitutes a Charlie 101 according to Paphitis

Postby kurupetos » Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:41 pm

Paphitis wrote:OK Charlies and Charlisses,

it's time we get acquainted with the definition of Charlie.

A Charlie or a Charlissa, is a guy or a girl of Cypriot heritage who grew up in the Norf London area and who invented their own little language and words for our amusement.

For instance, the following forumers are Charlies, and Charlisses!
Miltiades, Kurupetos, Get Real, DT, Oracle, Yialousa, and so forth.

I myself, who come from Avstralia = NOT a Charlie. :D

Other non Charlies are:
Pyro, Boomerang, Sotos, Repulsewarrior, Cap, B25 etc etc.

Katalavete; :D

You silly koala... :roll: :lol:

I have spent around 1/3 of my life abroad, but I have only been to the UK 7-8 times, for 2-3 days each time...
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Re: What constitutes a Charlie 101 according to Paphitis

Postby Pyrpolizer » Thu Feb 28, 2019 8:28 pm

Paphitis wrote:OK Charlies and Charlisses,

it's time we get acquainted with the definition of Charlie.

A Charlie or a Charlissa, is a guy or a girl of Cypriot heritage who grew up in the Norf London area and who invented their own little language and words for our amusement.

For instance, the following forumers are Charlies, and Charlisses!
Miltiades, Kurupetos, Get Real, DT, Oracle, Yialousa, and so forth.

I myself, who come from Avstralia = NOT a Charlie. :D

Other non Charlies are:
Pyro, Boomerang, Sotos, Repulsewarrior, Cap, B25 etc etc.

Katalavete; :D


A person born and raised or spent most of his life in Cyprus cannot be a Charlie by definition.
The word Charlie comes from all those "Charalambous" guys who emigrated primarily in London, and since nobody could spell their name were called Charlies, some of them even changed it to such.
But what are the typical trades of a person to be be called Charlie in a contemptuous way?

a)Speaks broken Cypriot language. Just hearing them talking makes you laugh.
b)He is out of space and time living in Cyprus.
c) A lot of charlies are aggressive and insulting generally expose irritating behavior
d)Complains all the time for anything Cyprus related.
e)Praises the country he lived most of his life as the best Country in the World.

From the a.m. persons the ones who classify as a Charlie for one or more reasons are
Paphitis, Miltiades, and B25.

I am sure nobody would call boomers a Charlie if he ever returned in Cyprus.
He's just not the guy to provoke such a contemptuous reaction
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Re: What constitutes a Charlie 101 according to Paphitis

Postby Pyrpolizer » Thu Feb 28, 2019 9:48 pm

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. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: What constitutes a Charlie 101 according to Paphitis

Postby Paphitis » Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:04 am

kurupetos wrote:
Paphitis wrote:OK Charlies and Charlisses,

it's time we get acquainted with the definition of Charlie.

A Charlie or a Charlissa, is a guy or a girl of Cypriot heritage who grew up in the Norf London area and who invented their own little language and words for our amusement.

For instance, the following forumers are Charlies, and Charlisses!
Miltiades, Kurupetos, Get Real, DT, Oracle, Yialousa, and so forth.

I myself, who come from Avstralia = NOT a Charlie. :D

Other non Charlies are:
Pyro, Boomerang, Sotos, Repulsewarrior, Cap, B25 etc etc.

Katalavete; :D

You silly koala... :roll: :lol:

I have spent around 1/3 of my life abroad, but I have only been to the UK 7-8 times, for 2-3 days each time...


Reh Charlie! You portray all the characteristics of a Charlie!
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Re: What constitutes a Charlie 101 according to Paphitis

Postby Paphitis » Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:07 am

Pyrpolizer wrote:
Paphitis wrote:OK Charlies and Charlisses,

it's time we get acquainted with the definition of Charlie.

A Charlie or a Charlissa, is a guy or a girl of Cypriot heritage who grew up in the Norf London area and who invented their own little language and words for our amusement.

For instance, the following forumers are Charlies, and Charlisses!
Miltiades, Kurupetos, Get Real, DT, Oracle, Yialousa, and so forth.

I myself, who come from Avstralia = NOT a Charlie. :D

Other non Charlies are:
Pyro, Boomerang, Sotos, Repulsewarrior, Cap, B25 etc etc.

Katalavete; :D


A person born and raised or spent most of his life in Cyprus cannot be a Charlie by definition.
The word Charlie comes from all those "Charalambous" guys who emigrated primarily in London, and since nobody could spell their name were called Charlies, some of them even changed it to such.
But what are the typical trades of a person to be be called Charlie in a contemptuous way?

a)Speaks broken Cypriot language. Just hearing them talking makes you laugh.
b)He is out of space and time living in Cyprus.
c) A lot of charlies are aggressive and insulting generally expose irritating behavior
d)Complains all the time for anything Cyprus related.
e)Praises the country he lived most of his life as the best Country in the World.

From the a.m. persons the ones who classify as a Charlie for one or more reasons are
Paphitis, Miltiades, and B25.

I am sure nobody would call boomers a Charlie if he ever returned in Cyprus.
He's just not the guy to provoke such a contemptuous reaction


You see, there is your problem.

I don't speak Cypriot or speak any broken form of it. Just because I may use a couple of Cypriot Dialect words here for a show, doesn't mean I know Cypriot. My Father use to tell me off for saying Tsie which I started to do the first time I went to Cyprus. It use to annoy him and he use to say things like "speak properly". We are in Australia now, and when we speak Greek you can learn to speak properly so Greeks can understand.

I speak Greek. My Greek is not unlike to the Greek spoken in Athens. I can easily slip under the radar in Athens and I speak very good Greek to - not broken.

This seems to be the case of most Cypriots that were raised in places like Australia, USA and Canada. We use to attend proper Greek Schools and were taught to speak properly. I also struggle with authentic Cypriot.

Therefore, we are not Charlies over here.

Charliesd are those that were raised or spent a lot of time in the UK.
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