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KLB
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Location: London
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I've been told my new surname (Christodoulou) is as common as Smith in Cyprus! Is this true...?
Think I will be the only one in the UK with my name though.... |
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De_La_Soul
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| Very common and unless you live in little Britain...you will find many others with your name. Pick up a London issue of the Thomson phone directory and have a look. |
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KLB
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Location: London
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| But I will still spend most of my life having my fellow English asking "what? how do you spell that?" They do it already....pfffttt |
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De_La_Soul
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welcome to the club!  |
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Cyprus rules!
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Joined: 11 Jun 2006
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| De_La_Soul wrote: |
| welcome to the club! |
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KLB
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Location: London
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| Cyprus rules! wrote: |
| De_La_Soul wrote: |
| welcome to the club! |
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I wonder how many people will ask me if I'm actually greek despite the pale face and hair?! Ignorance... |
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Leyla
Mukhtar/is
Joined: 14 Apr 2006
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| KLB wrote: |
| Cyprus rules! wrote: |
| De_La_Soul wrote: |
| welcome to the club! |
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I wonder how many people will ask me if I'm actually greek despite the pale face and hair?! Ignorance... |
My husband is also fair but whenever we are in Cyprus people still talk to him in Turkish. We went to a touristic site once and the kiosk attendant asked me if we were Cypriot (ticket prices differ depending on whether you are deemed a tourist or not) - I said yes, he then asked me about my husband and I said he was English - he studied him carefully then said "no, you're Cypriota as well because you have married one of our girls - welcome to the family" - lol..we laughed for days about it. |
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KLB
Senior Villager
Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 125
Location: London
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| Leyla wrote: |
| KLB wrote: |
| Cyprus rules! wrote: |
| De_La_Soul wrote: |
| welcome to the club! |
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I wonder how many people will ask me if I'm actually greek despite the pale face and hair?! Ignorance... |
My husband is also fair but whenever we are in Cyprus people still talk to him in Turkish. We went to a touristic site once and the kiosk attendant asked me if we were Cypriot (ticket prices differ depending on whether you are deemed a tourist or not) - I said yes, he then asked me about my husband and I said he was English - he studied him carefully then said "no, you're Cypriota as well because you have married one of our girls - welcome to the family" - lol..we laughed for days about it. |
I've had that too - but probably my own fault because I try to talk Greek so they start speaking back in Greek but way too fast for me! I dont mind, I consider myself an honorary Cypriot now anyway....  |
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Leyla
Mukhtar/is
Joined: 14 Apr 2006
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| KLB wrote: |
| Leyla wrote: |
| KLB wrote: |
| Cyprus rules! wrote: |
| De_La_Soul wrote: |
| welcome to the club! |
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I wonder how many people will ask me if I'm actually greek despite the pale face and hair?! Ignorance... |
My husband is also fair but whenever we are in Cyprus people still talk to him in Turkish. We went to a touristic site once and the kiosk attendant asked me if we were Cypriot (ticket prices differ depending on whether you are deemed a tourist or not) - I said yes, he then asked me about my husband and I said he was English - he studied him carefully then said "no, you're Cypriota as well because you have married one of our girls - welcome to the family" - lol..we laughed for days about it. |
I've had that too - but probably my own fault because I try to talk Greek so they start speaking back in Greek but way too fast for me! I dont mind, I consider myself an honorary Cypriot now anyway.... |
It can be difficult but there isn't a better way to learn really - the other option is to hang out with your much younger relations whom are always willing to teach you new words (although you might want to keep a dictionary handy in case they teach you things that may not go down too well at the dinner table that night!). |
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depurple
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Joined: 06 Dec 2005
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Location: Australia
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The 2 most popular surnames in Australia are
Nugyen & Lee:
As for Christodoulou there are plenty in Australia:
BUT One thing we all forgot are the NICK Names:
In Cyprus it is very comon:
In Lapithos you could only find the person using a Nick Name: (Parastouli?) not his real name:
Do the Turkish Cypriot have nick names? |
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