(b)logophile » embarassment http://www.logophile.org/blog blog of a logophile (not "logos", but "λόγος") Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Steps in Greek http://www.logophile.org/blog/2009/11/07/steps-in-greek/ http://www.logophile.org/blog/2009/11/07/steps-in-greek/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:49:40 +0000 tikitu http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=777 At the restaurant the other night, I had a genuine spontaneous conversation in Greek. It went like this (while I was sitting with some folks playing music):

Μια κοπέλα με ρώτησε κάτι που δεν κατάλαβα. Είπα, “Δεν είμαι Έλληνας.” Είπε αυτή, “Δεν είσαι Έλληνας και παίζεις μπαγλαμά;” Εγώ: “Δεν είναι μπαγλαμάς! Τζουράς είναι!” Είπε “Συγνώμη”… και έφυγε.

That is: A girl asked me something which I didn’t understand. I said, “I’m not Greek.” She said, “You’re not Greek and you play baglamas?” Me: “It’s not a bagmalas! It’s a tzouras!” She said “Sorry”… and left.

It’s a conversation, of a sort, right?

[Any correct spelling in the Greek portion of this post was made possible by the kind intervention of Olga.]

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