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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2020 11:07:32 GMT
I can't think of it
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Post by Crunchy Col on May 2, 2020 11:14:10 GMT
hayır
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2020 11:18:10 GMT
Turkish.
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Post by Crunchy Col on May 2, 2020 11:20:37 GMT
igen!
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2020 11:47:11 GMT
I remembered it as yok. That's what they'd always say, usually accompanied by a tut and a roll of the eyeballs!
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Post by Crunchy Col on May 2, 2020 12:02:40 GMT
I remembered it as yok. That's what they'd always say, usually accompanied by a tut and a roll of the eyeballs! Yes! They'd sometimes tilt their head back too. It was an answer to the question '....var mı?' (like, 'iskender kebab var mı?') and they'd do that to say 'no, we don't have it' Younger Turks I met said it was kind of rude or old-fashioned, but it was definitely fairly common when I was there (actually over 20 years ago now...)
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Post by rayge on May 2, 2020 12:04:49 GMT
Isn't it true that the Greek word for no sounds like 'okay' and the affirmative sounds like 'nay'?
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Post by Crunchy Col on May 2, 2020 12:07:56 GMT
I don't know. The Czech for yes is 'ano' which is often abbreviated to 'no' - that takes a bit of getting used to.
And the Albanian for 'no' is 'jo' (I think) which definitely sounds like an affirmative. So maybe the Greek is related to that. Wouldn't surprise me.
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Post by fearlessfreap on May 2, 2020 13:06:06 GMT
Is 5 pre-plastic surgery Meg Ryan?
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Post by quaco on Sept 2, 2021 15:39:44 GMT
Isn't it true that the Greek word for no sounds like 'okay' and the affirmative sounds like 'nay'? Yes — and to make it more confusing, they shake their head side to side in affirmation and nod up and down in negation. Seriously!
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Post by fange on Sept 3, 2021 14:36:43 GMT
This is not quite true, but i won't argue it as i'm just glad to see u back, Jim Quaco!
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Post by Sneelock on Sept 3, 2021 14:53:09 GMT
(Sneelock shakes his head in a vigorous yet confusing way)
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Post by fange on Sept 3, 2021 23:15:20 GMT
They have someone here who was raised in a Greek family with Greek as my first language, and they don't think to ask! (rolls eyes in a possibly universally understandable manner)
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Post by rayge on Sept 3, 2021 23:27:14 GMT
They have someone here who was raised in a Greek family with Greek as my first language, and they don't think to ask! (rolls eyes in a possibly universally understandable manner) I was the one who asked, and was hoping you would answer.
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Post by Charlie O. on Sept 3, 2021 23:33:36 GMT
Isn't it true that the Greek word for no sounds like 'okay' and the affirmative sounds like 'nay'? Yes — and to make it more confusing, they shake their head side to side in affirmation and nod up and down in negation. Seriously! Not quite true, but they let you believe that because they're too happy to see you to set you straight!
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