One of the reasons I started this blog was to give "foreigners" a few insights to what goes on "behind the scenes" so to speak, but also behind the facade of the Greek Psyche, or Soul...
And what better way to do this, other than through the examination of everyday expressions, sayings, even songs...
Just like any of the "big" languages of the world, Greek remains very much alive.. and kicking I might add. Kicking against the bastardisation of itself, be it through modern day use and abuse or even by government decree...
(I was intending to go into the subject of Greeklish here, but got waylaid..so here is a little rant for now)
Och Aderfe
This is an expression that means in straight translation "Oh brother". Now "brother" is sometimes used in Greek in the sense of "bro" a way of calling someone you may not know but want to be friendly. And oh? or rather Och, as it is pronounced in Greek? well that is a way of showing pain..or anguish in this case..at things that cannot be controlled , things we can't do anything about.
Och Aderfe has defined the Greeks for at least 30 years if not more.
It means "why bother?" There is nothing you can do, nothing you can change. There is no point in complaining aderfe about the things that do not work in the government, no point in complaining that your hard earned money will be taxed until there is nothing left, no point in complaining that even though you have been without a job for seven years we will tax the fact that you own a house, or a car, because we can...
Och aderfe no point in doing anytihng at all... just shut up and pay your taxes, or if you can avoid it, do so, because Och aderfe that is what the clever ones do...
There is even an -ism of it.. Ochaderfismos... the very greek reaction of shrugging the shoulders to say "there is nothing we can do" there is nothing we can change Och aderfe...we will always be Greek, even if being Greek has become a bit of an insult or something to be ashamed of... Let's just go and drink a frappe in the liston and let the others worry...
Och aderfe if oyu can't handle it go away..go away and become European, see if we care... Och aderfe we will always be in power here..for aderfe we have trained them well to be an Ochaderfist like us...
Here is another expression that goes with "Och aderfe" another greek favorite... "Oti fame, oti pioume ki oti arpaxei o kolos mas..."
"Whatever we eat, whatever we drink and whatever we get up the ass... " now there's a defining sentence if there ever was one...
There I've had my little rant..
more soon on definitive Greek expressions.. and feel free to ask for explanations on some if you want. Just send a comment...
And what better way to do this, other than through the examination of everyday expressions, sayings, even songs...
Just like any of the "big" languages of the world, Greek remains very much alive.. and kicking I might add. Kicking against the bastardisation of itself, be it through modern day use and abuse or even by government decree...
(I was intending to go into the subject of Greeklish here, but got waylaid..so here is a little rant for now)
Och Aderfe
This is an expression that means in straight translation "Oh brother". Now "brother" is sometimes used in Greek in the sense of "bro" a way of calling someone you may not know but want to be friendly. And oh? or rather Och, as it is pronounced in Greek? well that is a way of showing pain..or anguish in this case..at things that cannot be controlled , things we can't do anything about.
Och Aderfe has defined the Greeks for at least 30 years if not more.
It means "why bother?" There is nothing you can do, nothing you can change. There is no point in complaining aderfe about the things that do not work in the government, no point in complaining that your hard earned money will be taxed until there is nothing left, no point in complaining that even though you have been without a job for seven years we will tax the fact that you own a house, or a car, because we can...
Och aderfe no point in doing anytihng at all... just shut up and pay your taxes, or if you can avoid it, do so, because Och aderfe that is what the clever ones do...
There is even an -ism of it.. Ochaderfismos... the very greek reaction of shrugging the shoulders to say "there is nothing we can do" there is nothing we can change Och aderfe...we will always be Greek, even if being Greek has become a bit of an insult or something to be ashamed of... Let's just go and drink a frappe in the liston and let the others worry...
Och aderfe if oyu can't handle it go away..go away and become European, see if we care... Och aderfe we will always be in power here..for aderfe we have trained them well to be an Ochaderfist like us...
Here is another expression that goes with "Och aderfe" another greek favorite... "Oti fame, oti pioume ki oti arpaxei o kolos mas..."
"Whatever we eat, whatever we drink and whatever we get up the ass... " now there's a defining sentence if there ever was one...
There I've had my little rant..
more soon on definitive Greek expressions.. and feel free to ask for explanations on some if you want. Just send a comment...
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