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Originally posted by phantomAh Ha, so that's where it comes from! I used to play this game with my grandma when I was a kid. What a character she was! Whenever I or my brother would mess with her, she would say "kedilere maskara olduk". Then whenever my dad would yell at her, she would say "itim soyler, gotum dinler," with a sly grin on her face. That used to crack me up, and now I use it sometimes. Then sometimes she would cut a fart, and I would say, "yaya, ne yapiyorsun gene", and she would say, "ne yapayim, delik asaya dogru". Those were the good ol' days, let me tell you.You just lightened up this grim grey Turkish morning.
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Originally posted by TurQYok Yok ALlah gecinden versin, seytan'dan Allah'a siginmak lazim. Sen yinede azade ol seytanlardan
yeteri kadar cinleri tepesinde Ermeni var, sen bari eksik ol.
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Apologies to my Armenian friends here, but it's hard to translate this stuff into English, unless you're a brilliant translator like Gavur!
My grandma is also a very fun person. When I used to get in trouble when I was a kid she would say "Cok gezen tavuk ayaginda pislik getirir".
Originally posted by TurQSo you and your grandma spoke Turkish with each other?"
Originally posted by TurQThe IStanbul( I mean the real Istanbul) Turkish is really rich, which we really are deprived off now. I have an older friend who is a teacher in a high school. He had visited several IStanbulian Greek and Armenian families in the past. He once said to me, if I want to hear old Istanbul Turkish, the best and easiest way is to meet with an Istanbul Greek or Armenian. They mostly preserved old Istanbul culture, unfortunetly there are few pockets that's left in Istanbul that has the authentic culture.?"
Originally posted by TurQPS: This is kind of unrelated, you know the dessert "Revani" right? Is it kind of related with Armenians, because in Ottoman times Erivan used to be called as Revan, so Revani sounds like Erivanian?
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Originally posted by hititeYou just lightened up this grim grey Turkish morning.
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My Grandmother (also from Istanbul) as well spoke Turkish, Greek and Armenian fluently (of course she also spoke French, English, Italian and a few others rather well - I think the claim was 9 languages...) Anyway - She and those of our family and friends of her generation would speak Turkish amongst each other when they talked together (and didn't want those of my mothers generation to know what they were talking about as they spoke only Armenian and English). In a similar veign I once brought my Grandmother to a Greek restaurant where I worked and she jabbered away in greek with everyone (after having not spoke a word of Greek for 30 years she said) - anyway all the Greeks were so very impressed as they said her Greek was perfect and that no one could ever know that she wasn't Greek.
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Originally posted by 1.5 millionMy Grandmother (also from Istanbul) as well spoke Turkish, Greek and Armenian fluently (of course she also spoke French, English, Italian and a few others rather well - I think the claim was 9 languages...) Anyway - She and those of our family and friends of her generation would speak Turkish amongst each other when they talked together (and didn't want those of my mothers generation to know what they were talking about as they spoke only Armenian and English). In a similar veign I once brought my Grandmother to a Greek restaurant where I worked and she jabbered away in greek with everyone (after having not spoke a word of Greek for 30 years she said) - anyway all the Greeks were so very impressed as they said her Greek was perfect and that no one could ever know that she wasn't Greek.
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My Great Grandfather remained in Istanbul until 1960-61 or thereabouts and only left when my Great Grandmother died. I have a picture of myself as a baby in his arms. My Grandmother was tutored in most of those languages in a similar capacity as to why she recieved private voice lessons from Gomidas (though her beautiful voice was certainly some part of it). She left Istanbul after the war to escape an arranged marraige and left for Paris - where she lived as a Bohemian for several years before joining her brother in the States where she met my grandfather who was orphaned at age 12 and had lived in a poor village near Divrig all his life. I am only Armenian on my mother's side...helps for getting around Turkey - having a non-Armenian name eh?
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Originally posted by 1.5 millionMy Great Grandfather remained in Istanbul until 1960-61 or thereabouts and only left when my Great Grandmother died. I have a picture of myself as a baby in his arms. My Grandmother was tutored in most of those languages in a similar capacity as to why she recieved private voice lessons from Gomidas (though her beautiful voice was certainly some part of it). She left Istanbul after the war to escape an arranged marraige and left for Paris - where she lived as a Bohemian for several years before joining her brother in the States where she met my grandfather who was orphaned at age 12 and had lived in a poor village near Divrig all his life. I am only Armenian on my mother's side...helps for getting around Turkey - having a non-Armenian name eh?
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She never lived with us full time but spent some summers with us - and we visited very often - so yes I spent a great deal of quality time with her and we were very close - arguably I was the closest with her then any of the other extended family of my cousins and such. She did tell some stories (and I am familiar with Dev!). This is why Peter Balakian's "Black Dog of Fate" meant so much to me - it reminded me a great deal of our relationship. Anyway I don't speak Armenian (but that is a long story)...I should go back to bed...I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep...
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