Claire Timmins wrote:
darling wrote..
9. Ioannis Konstantinos Papadopoulos
believe it or not, this is one of the most popular names in greece... tee hee But why is it that when the greeks move over to Scotland (or maybe the rest of the UK) they adopt 'common british' names like George. I knew three george the greek's at Uni, and their Greeks names weren't similar. Any Greek listees know why.
probably cause they're embarrassed by their greek name and don't want people to mispronounce it....AND if they're truly getting acculturated into english/scottish culture they are probably really excited (cause they all adore the english so much...hehehe) and when they learn english in school they learn that giorgos=george and that's just how it works in english speaking countries...so...yeah :)ARE there any greek listees on here? i would LOVE to practice my greek...
~darling ...who laughed laughed laughed at the list nonetheless...
ps: where exactly is that uni?
That Uni is approx. ten minutes from my family home, seven miles west of Edinburgh. It has a rubbish Students Union, who give out free beer-t-shirts, for a laugh. Ha ha.
i think i've been to that stdent union...thats the scary thing...hehehe it was rainy and yucka and i was wet...and yucka and hungry so i went there and bought a few things at the lil shoppee thing there and sat on cold stone benches to eat it while strange old people walked by (it WAS a weekend but...)weiiird... get me away from here i'm dying is, was, and always will be my favorite b&s song *sigh* ~darling ...who goes to local pizzarias to practice her greek ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------