Nick Names? Parastoukli! What is yours? Do Turkish Cypriot have them?

city · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject:

a friend of mine always confudes me with his name. He is called Lakis, but his real name is Theodolos... Confused

depurple · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject:

City now that we have gone to name because original I was talking about the funny Cypriot Nick names like:
Spanos: He had NO Hair!
But now we can concentrate on person names as well:
The Cypriot always abbreviate them:
Akis = Alexandros
Takis + Christakis
Koko = Giorgos?
Evi = Paraskevi
Popi = Kaliopi
There must be more of these shorten names:

Also can anyone tell me why ABBREVIATION is such a big word?
cheers

city · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject:

dp, I know these shortened versions and as long as I can see where they derive from no problem. But in the sample I gave I see no correlation whatsoever Sad

and yes, Kokos=Giorgos Smile

Liza · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:00 pm Post subject:

yeah well my husband and his group of friends answer to nick names rather than real names, but its confusing cause if they actually refer to eachother with real names I havn't a clue who they are talking about Smile

The groups nick names as follows:
Shi Shi - has nothing to do with shish kebabs
Koupas - has nothing to do with bowls
Kapsas - have no idea!!
Scoubapro - something to do with diving
Penguin - I know that george gets really pissed when they call him that lol

There are a few more but I think you get the idea Smile

depurple · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject:

This Greek bloke asked me once:
Why do all you Cypriots call each other Koumbaros:
Are you all Koumbaros with each other?
Koumbaros tou Koumbara mia fora tin Evthomatha!

I replied:
Why do all you Greeks call each other Malakes?
Are you all Malakes????

One funny name was guy in the village called Visoui
because he was breast feed from his mother for 7 years or something!
Another common name one is Bambis! I think it is short for haralambos?
I also remember they use to fight over names:
this couple fought over their father names:
She wanted her father:Louka and the husband want his father name Nicos so in the end they called the child LOUKANIKO: (Sausage):

Bananiot · Deputy Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 1214 Location: Nicosia

Theodoulos = Theodoulakis = Lakis
Pantelis = Pantelakis = Lakis

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city · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject:

Dream_Merchant · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject:

100%cypriot · Ministerial Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 2144

Any idea what Kondoshilo means, My Nene, Yiah Yiah , Grandmother allways used to call me this .

Dream_Merchant · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject:

em... are you sure that is the exact transliteration?

Kondo means short ( in height )
shilo means dog?

doesnt sound right though somehow

I could be wrong and it might mean something else, or you are typing it slightly wrong.

brother · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject:

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Dhavlos · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject: