Totally OT: Do you speak Greek?

vicmilt wrote on 3/7/2006, 4:41 PM

Where else can a guy go to get THIS kind of kooky information?

I need a bad word in Greek (English pronunciation) for "non-Greek serf".

I'm writing a comedy and this old Greek couple are talking about a Spanish house painter they have hired. They are not very happy.

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Spot|DSE wrote on 3/7/2006, 4:51 PM

Given that my business partner is Greek :-)
oboyadzees=The painter
vlackas=idiot
malakka=jerk off
xenos=foreigner (not derogatory)

Or you could always call Mannie and ask. I'm used to those names, I hear them frequently. (well, not the "painter," but everything else)

HTH.

jrazz wrote on 3/7/2006, 4:58 PM

I took 2 years of Koine' Greek (the language that the Greek New Testament is written in) in College. I have a bunch of Lexicons and Greek language books here at the house that I look at often, but I am unsure about "bad" words. Email me if you want me to look up something for you.

j razz

vicmilt wrote on 3/7/2006, 7:48 PM

Great stuff...

for now, "vlackas" will do perfectly.

Thanks all...,

v