tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post6855637632826865631..comments2023-04-12T13:49:38.219+03:00Comments on My Big Fat Greek Life: Greek 101bollybuttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15576835810755107181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-20463634038551790252009-07-18T10:05:37.481+03:002009-07-18T10:05:37.481+03:00You should maybe start your own course to teach pe...You should maybe start your own course to teach people the real 'essential Greek'. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-82714349990145176372009-07-17T13:46:29.129+03:002009-07-17T13:46:29.129+03:00I feel you, BB. Especially arriving in Greece for ...I feel you, BB. Especially arriving in Greece for the first time and adapting to the frustrating habits of Athenians (as I believe Athenians are a different breed to other Greeks), where after 3 years of Greek at university I couldn't blurt out a:<br /><br />"OK bitch you know what? If you step on my fucking toe with your fucking FAKE Prada heels one more fucking time I swear to fucking God I will get on all fours, rip off your heels and ram them through your fucking eyeballs. AND, if you park your fucking car on the footpath one more fucking time to prvent me from entering my building like a normal person instead of having to climb over your fucking bonnet while struggling with shopping bags, a laptop bag and my emotional baggage and anger, I will slit your tyres, smash your windows and grafitti every side of your fucking car with "I AM A C**T! Do you hear me?! And tell your fucking dog to shut the fuck up! Give him to me so at least I can fucking walk the poor bastard because you're too busy sipping your fucking Freddo Cappuccino discussing Vasso's latest manicure and which guy your therapist says you should screw this weekend. RRRRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"<br /><br />OK, maybe I got a bit carried away but y'know what I'm getting at! =)Matthttp://gimmekarelia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-86821563999619344182009-07-16T19:01:53.331+03:002009-07-16T19:01:53.331+03:00Exactly right! The lessons I have done along with ...Exactly right! The lessons I have done along with the books I have worked through are all relatively pointless. I have also noticed that the dialogues portray calm, polite, patient Greeks--there is no such thing. When more than one Greek is around..we get a little like monsters with others around..scrabbling to be heard, excited and enthusiastic, talking and eating a mile a minute, fighting for food, for the road...StacyFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742783548846591940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-85788829706379216882009-07-15T10:12:12.796+03:002009-07-15T10:12:12.796+03:00Too bad you wasted your time in a classroom... all...Too bad you wasted your time in a classroom... all you really needed to communicate with us, Greeks, is in one single page on the Internet. <br /><br />That's right. One. Page. <br /><br />All useful Greek phrases for any circumstance is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakas" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />;-)Flubberwinklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778178104656991415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-41940772200361650302009-07-14T22:08:47.547+03:002009-07-14T22:08:47.547+03:00Sigh... Sign me up.<i>Sigh</i>... Sign me up.vultureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17124296193677952420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-17745144456801527252009-07-14T13:41:29.222+03:002009-07-14T13:41:29.222+03:00How about:
Get your moped/motorbike/car/truck off ...How about:<br />Get your moped/motorbike/car/truck off the f#%king pavement, as*%ole!<br /><br />Pick that up, litterbug.<br /><br />Standing in a queue doesn't make you a sheep, you arrogant f#$@head!<br /><br />On the phone:<br /><br />I'm not interested!<br />I'm not interested!<br />I'm not interested!<br />I'm not interested!<br />I"M NOT INTERESTED!<br /><br /><br />and some essential attitudes:<br /><br />Don't you know who I am?<br /><br />I am far too good to actually <b>wait</b> to be seen<br /><br />I'm just stopping for cigarettes so don't get your knickers in a twist. I didn't <b>actually knock you down </b>.<br /><br />Calling a number for some important information and having the patience to wait through recorded messages and jangly pop music while you are transferred at least 7 times and end up talking to the same person (I swear) who picked up the phone in the first place. X 10 if you need medical information.<br /><br />lol bollybutton if it wasn't so true and frustrating.deviousdivahttp://deviousdiva.comnoreply@blogger.com