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Vicky
Some words that we use...
Scooba- broom
Vaso- vase
Aparo- horse
My mum also said my yia yia…
Andoulla L. (via email)
Hi my grandparents and mum would say "garash" for garage.
"Vud green" was Wood Green.
"Grips …
Pav mastihi
FOOD AND PRODUCT LABELS 1
I somehow ended up at a Greek Cypriot shop food called Despina’s in S…
Costas
My parents are from Bimingam and ran a fishadiko. They sold the usual stuff including carri, sausan…
Thekla
well its more the about the accent you can hear north london cypriot its very specific. I meet peop…
Sid Paparestis
Andressa = Address
Stampa = Stamp
Ticketo = ticket
Exapeni = was used to refer to Woolworths b…
Sophia M
My mum was talking to my non-greek husband about Cyprus. On saying "Cyprus has many beautiful bitch…
Maria
Apikipan. Had me baffled for years, until at about the age of 12 I realised my mum was saying “ I …
Chrisy L
My parents loved going to “travaska square” (trafalgar square)
My mum lived in “Tarpak Lay” (Tur…
Yodi
My mums favourite British dish is ...
Sheffes-pai
Shepherds Pie
Sodoulla Georgiou
Coumpania- company
Mangerena - female managere
Choccolades - chocolates
Gayfren - girlfriend
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Panteli S. (via Twitter)
We loved it when with mum we would get the bussoh (bus) to sanbangra (St. Pancras) board the drenno…
Maria Panayiodou
Busairis = bus conductor my mum and friends used this word in the 70’s
Taxigis = taxi driver
Polis L. (via twitter)
My grandma used to like going to the "marketa".
Oh, and my friend came up with "ξεκλάτσιαρε" to …
Pav Mastihi
Οι αηρισς / the Irish (this is interesting because presumably my parents generation didn't know any…
Christala
Pyro'wex - Pyrex
As children my sisiter and I would laugh each time our mum use this word ’fefto …
Constantinos
Apse ta fota tou pashou - Switch on the passage lights.
My mum would always send me to turn the…
Pav Panayioti Mastihi
Οι πιτλοι/ the Beatles ( the band, not the insects)
Ο ποηφρε/ boyfriend
Η κεηφρε/ the girlfr…
Despena Vasiliou
Stop’ed - car brake - use to hear this a lot s a child, in fact mum still uses it, to stop is stop …