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Christala (via twitter)
Kabs (short for kabires) - toast
I recall acute embarrassment when suggesting 2 friends we have …
Pav Mastihi
Οι αηρισς / the Irish (this is interesting because presumably my parents generation didn't know any…
Pav Mastihi
Yεεrology
The Yεεrologist
The name of a travelling van selling authentic Greek gyro in market…
Yiayia Katia
Koutsakotiri = mantalaki
Fizani is a glass jar full of sweets and they use the word FIZANI for the…
Ηθικολόγος
Αγκρίζομαι: προέρχεται από το αγγλικο angry που σημαίνει θυμώνω.
Anna T
Dusbi - dustbin
Muppo- mop
Gatch - negatcho- yuk
Buso - bus
Fiha- central heating.
Cubba cup…
Nikos X. (via twitter)
Negatch
Nεκατσώ is a unique Cypriot phrase. I don’t think any other language provides an equivalen…
Ηθικολόγος
Βορειολονδρέζικα: η ντοπιολαλιά των κατοίκων του Βορείου Λονδίνου.
Διαπίστωσα ότι οι Βορειολονδ…
Christala
Humborger - Hamburger
Fisch ships - fish and chips
Fisadigo - fish and chip shop
Tost - or to…
Christala
Pyro'wex - Pyrex
As children my sisiter and I would laugh each time our mum use this word ’fefto …
George P. (via twitter)
You pbly know these but... Marketa (market) basketa,(basket) buson, (bus)
Daspieris - bin man
a…
Demetries Andreou
Teivi korder - Tape recorder
Boxin - Box
Pirgos Aidis - Building Society
Billin - The bill
Sind…
Ηθικολόγος
Αιρκοντίσιον: Κλιματισμός
Στα αγγλικά οι Κύπριοι λενε <<Αιρκοντίσιον>> αντί αίρ-κοντίσιονινγκ.
Ηθικολόγος
Τσαρλοκαλαμαρούι: Αυτός που είναι γέννημα-θρέμμα Βρετανός της κυπριακής καταγωγής και που μιλάει στ…
maria e hatton
postoffi- post office
souses- the swings (playground)
englesos- english person
micimouse-any ca…
Ηθικολόγος
Πατατοψαράδικο
Μαγαζί που πουλάει πατατούλες και μπακαλιάρο.
Constantinos
Apse ta fota tou pashou - Switch on the passage lights.
My mum would always send me to turn the…
Pav Mastihi
HALLOUMINATI THE BAND
The name of the band Halloumunati is a Grenglish name for a punk/ rebetiko…
Panais
A few words from the property world
Σεβεγιος (seveyios) derives from surveyor
Βακα (vaka) means v…
Sofia Koutlaki
This is a sample from US immigrants from my native island of Kassos, Dodecanese. Its dialect origin…
Loulla Georgiou
Έλα να πάμε Shioppi
Let’s go shopping
Πιός θέλει Fish a chi
Who wants fish and chips?
Είν…
Natasa
My grandma is Cypriot and she grew up in London and when she cleans she would always tell me to go …
Kyri P.
i fenza (sing.) - fenzes (plural) = fences
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Sharap = quiet (from shut up) e.g. 'kamnis sharap?…
Angeliggi
Pieiji - pie man (pie-i-ji)
Moukshak -milkshake
Scarob - scourer courtesy of my dad
Fabrigs - f…
Eve Michael
Basso - bus
Mappos - mop
Slippoues - slippers
To billin - the bill
Pano
Ponojeff - headache
Stoffa- fish shop pan
Peripexid - mocked
Negatch - negatcho
Gooms - koume…
Andry M
Baso - bus
Boxi - box
Nistepseeing - fasting
Palmers Gri - Palmers Green
Chinezika - Chinese
…
Andrew
Issuriess - Insurance
Marss and Spesser - Marks and Spencer
Machdonas - McDonalds
Checki (or che…
Angie Gray
Creeps - crisps
Cucumbac - cucumber
Paracetama - paracetamol