Contributions

Harry

Posted on 26 Jun 2019

Kavnas

Another interesting word coined by the Cypriots which my father was perplexed back in th…

Tagged: London, New Zealand

Michael

Posted on 25 Jun 2019

I am writing from Brisbane Australia. I enjoyed reading your site!. A word I heard in England many …

Tagged: England

Sotiris

Posted on 23 Jun 2019

I have 2 brilliant words nobody knows about. They are probably worth about £1000 each. But you can …

Tagged: Edmonton

Vasili Soteriou

Posted on 20 Jun 2019

Pomligao

Tagged: and, England, of, in, out, Public, was, 1940s, has, here, that, is, This, gone, the, grandfather, away., 1937, use, used, word, as, a, passed, always, pomligao, to, referred, they've, by, pub, house., My, came, but, 1950s, generation

Vasili Soteriou

Posted on 20 Jun 2019

Pomligao

Savvas Savva

Posted on 14 Jun 2019

When I came to England someone told me
Έβαλα τεπόζιτο για σπίτι και μετά κάτι έγινε και το έχασα …

Polis L. (via twitter)

Posted on 11 Jun 2019

My grandma used to like going to the "marketa".

Oh, and my friend came up with "ξεκλάτσιαρε" to …

Tagged: England, Nottingham

Athena M (via twitter)

Posted on 09 Jun 2019

Depósito = deposit
Inshouriance = insurance

Tagged: England, North London

George P. (via twitter)

Posted on 06 Jun 2019

You pbly know these but... Marketa (market) basketa,(basket) buson, (bus)

Daspieris - bin man
a…

Tagged: England, North London

Sofia Koutlaki

Posted on 05 Jun 2019

This is a sample from US immigrants from my native island of Kassos, Dodecanese. Its dialect origin…