too far! I only practise/read Cyp Gr things like: "Μηχάνημα ποσπαστέξ! Ίντερνετ νάκκον ποτζιεί, νάκκον ποδά. Σόρι α!"
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Replying to @o_guest
HAHA. Joking :) WOW. It is different. I can get Μηχάνημα, Ίντερνετ, and Σόρι α (the last 2 being English). The rest, no idea :)
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Replying to @AngelosVanKr
here's a poem about socks and running and poop (yeah wtf) - so yeah it's very very very different!pic.twitter.com/sDO0tweZ3c
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Replying to @o_guest
HAHA. This is incomprehensible. Do you still have all these intonation symbols? They used to exist in Anc Gr but not used now
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Replying to @AngelosVanKr
no, they were stopped in Gr/Cy at of rule of the Generals in the 1970s though, so VERY recently. When Demotic won over Koine.
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Replying to @o_guest
I see now. It is like καθαρεύουσα that used to be used in Gr but was repealed also around that time. Thought was still used in Cyp
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Replying to @AngelosVanKr
No, we're talking about the same thing. Katharevousa VS Demotic created Koine (aka Modern Greek). I wasn't speaking about Cyp.
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Replying to @o_guest @AngelosVanKr
100% mistyped when I said Demotic won over Koine.
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Replying to @o_guest @AngelosVanKr
Koine won over BOTH Demotic and Katharevousa.
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Replying to @o_guest @AngelosVanKr
Cypriot Greek is not centrally controlled like Modern (aka Koine).
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Cypriot Greek def has elements from Katharevousa too. So you are picking up on stuff. But you have to bear in mind we have no
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Replying to @o_guest @AngelosVanKr
alphabet and we ALL learn Modern Greek at school. Our own lang is banned at school.
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