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Thread: Smirneiko minore (18 Replies, 6,948 Views) by quarkie68
Yes, there is :) . You will need to install the Greek keyboard layout on your ibook. To do that:
1) From the Apple menu choose System Preferences.
2) Double-click on International.
3)Select the...
Thread: Dancing with my Shadow (69 Replies, 12,955 Views) by quarkie68
Greece, dreams and the sea
Beautiful music from Alkistis, beautiful greek sea (I particularly like the rough sea, don't know why, but I think being on a Greek island in the Winter is beautiful!...
Thread: Dancing with my Shadow (69 Replies, 12,955 Views) by quarkie68
Of course you are going to eat the rest of the fridge! :) As the good old wise folks used to say; Νηστικό αρκούδι δε xoρεύει Dya μου.
:)
Thread: Old Greek songs -- Two questions (15 Replies, 18,008 Views) by quarkie68
During a previous pre University Karma, I used to earn my living as a sound engineer :) .
The good things in life are often not "known" . ;)
Thread: Dancing with my Shadow (69 Replies, 12,955 Views) by quarkie68
Καλησπέρεεεες!!! What? :eek: Have you all eaten already? Ah, well. Chaaaarge! ---> To the fridge...
Thread: Old Greek songs -- Two questions (15 Replies, 18,008 Views) by quarkie68
Καλησπέρα,
Issue no.1 : Your queries are very interesting. I see that maria_gr has suggested amongst others "The Olympians", "Pasxalis", Kazantzidis etc...Sure, they are oldies and very popular...
Thread: The Season of Love (52 Replies, 10,579 Views) by quarkie68
Sorry to hear that. Get well soon!!! In the meantime, use it as an excuse to endulge to the pleasure of getting others to do everytrhing for you and also the ability to avoid whatever you do not want...
Thread: The Season of Love (52 Replies, 10,579 Views) by quarkie68
Καληνύχτα παιδιά!!! Όνειρα γλυκά και (α)πονήρευτα. :)
Sorry for being silent. Work has eaten all of my time and it is likely to do so for the rest of the week. All work and no play for me at the...
Thread: Sagapao - Yiannis Kotsiras (54 Replies, 37,576 Views) by quarkie68
Maite, you should be able to get a Greek Keyboard layout on most Operating Systems. (if you are referring to the actual printed letters on the keys, OK, but a software keyboard layout that allows...
Thread: What's that song?? (6 Replies, 5,166 Views) by quarkie68
Here it is: (lots of metaphors, see comments)
Στίχοι: Νίκος Πορτοκάλογλου
Μουσική: Νίκος Πορτοκάλογλου
Πρώτη εκτέλεση: Νίκος Πορτοκάλογλου
Πού είν' οι φίλοι οι παλιοί,
Where are the old...
Thread: What's that song?? (6 Replies, 5,166 Views) by quarkie68
Here it is
Στίχοι: Νίκος Πορτοκάλογλου
Μουσική: Νίκος Πορτοκάλογλου
Πρώτη εκτέλεση: Νίκος Πορτοκάλογλου
Πού είν' οι φίλοι οι παλιοί,
πού είν' οι παλιοί μου φίλοι.
Πού είν' οι δικοί μου...
Thread: Kemal * (91 Replies, 40,285 Views) by quarkie68
I thought you did! You know that was a very popular song. If you are first discovering St. Dionysiou (one of my top favourites), may I recommend
"Καρδιά μου είχες αγαπήσει",
"Ο Σαλονικιός"
"Της...
Thread: Kemal * (91 Replies, 40,285 Views) by quarkie68
Παρακαλώ! Δε μου είπες όμως. Διονυσίου ακούς;
Thread: Kemal * (91 Replies, 40,285 Views) by quarkie68
Εγώ να δεις;;;; AAAAAαααα. Στ. Διονυσίου ακούς πάλι;
(I am sure Dya will decode that) :)
Εγώ να δεις. = Me too, but with emphasis, like "you should see me too".
Thread: Kemal * (91 Replies, 40,285 Views) by quarkie68
HAHAHAHA! :) Καλό, πολύ καλό. Yes, I see very well what you mean. I taught Greek during the last two summers here and yes, the pronunciation of X and also Γ, Δ in some words was an issue. But within...
Thread: Kemal * (91 Replies, 40,285 Views) by quarkie68
As for the pronounciation, you should hear Greeks trying to pronounce certain vowels or consonants (I do that as well, well now I don't because I don't dare pronounce it) in Norsk like O versus Ø, æ...
Thread: Kemal * (91 Replies, 40,285 Views) by quarkie68
Yeah, that's a question that I can only answer by speculation on the basis of some people liking to change things. We ought to have a bit of a variety. We do call your country Νορβηγία which more or...
Thread: Kemal * (91 Replies, 40,285 Views) by quarkie68
On a different note interesting that you also say Hellas and Kypros, a lot closer than Greece and Cyprus. :)
Thread: Themis Adamantidis -- site with lyrics from him * (11 Replies, 11,122 Views) by quarkie68
:o ---> :)
Send my greetings to London!
Thread: a rebetiko classic-help please * (3 Replies, 9,140 Views) by quarkie68
You are very welcome rebeti!
Thread: Themis Adamantidis -- site with lyrics from him * (11 Replies, 11,122 Views) by quarkie68
:)
You were VERY right!!!
It is called Η μουσική = the music. And you have heard it before from Matt Monro (in the UK actually ). "The music played" ??? Da, da, da, da ,da, dahhhh, da,...
Thread: Themis Adamantidis -- site with lyrics from him * (11 Replies, 11,122 Views) by quarkie68
I am also on the case. It sounds familiar. Yeah, yeah, I have heard it. Give me two to three minutes my dear and I shall crack it.
Thread: Word translations (44 Replies, 14,455 Views) by quarkie68
Flat standard rate. :)
Thread: Word translations (44 Replies, 14,455 Views) by quarkie68
(I assume you have some kind of 10.x MACOSX). If you have an older MACOS version you should not really be on the net.)
From the 'Finder' go to the 'Applications' folder. There you should see a...
Thread: Word translations (44 Replies, 14,455 Views) by quarkie68
About the ω and ο there are many rules. The most basic one refers to the end of verbs. All verbs for the "I" person, end up in omega ω. For instance, if you know that μιλάω is a verb, the last one...
Thread: Soul reaching Greek songs -- Thread 1 * (38 Replies, 17,454 Views) by quarkie68
Έτσι μπράβο. Καλό βράδι.
Thread: Word translations (44 Replies, 14,455 Views) by quarkie68
Έτσι μπράβο! (That's the way) :)
Thread: anyone know good zeimbekika/tsifteteli artists?? (2 Replies, 3,118 Views) by quarkie68
Also Stratos Dionisiou, some nice songs of Giorgos Mitsakis (both on tsifteteli and zeimpekiko).
Thread: a rebetiko classic-help please * (3 Replies, 9,140 Views) by quarkie68
the song that Aleksiou sang had the "smoking" bits :) left out. These songs used to be politically incorrect ("απαγορευμένα") in Greece once upon a time. Anyway, there seem to be various versions of...
Thread: Word translations (44 Replies, 14,455 Views) by quarkie68
If you have Windows XP, go to 'Start' (bottom left corner) and find 'Control Panel' . From there, find the 'Regional and Language Options' and double click on them. Go to the 'Languages' tab and hit...
Thread: Word translations (44 Replies, 14,455 Views) by quarkie68
έχω τυφλή εμπιστοσύνη = exw tyflh empistosynh = I trust blindly = I absolutely trust .
Thread: Please help identify! (3 Replies, 3,548 Views) by quarkie68
Πάει η αγάπη μου = Μy love is gone and the singer is either Christos Dantis (Χρήστος Δάντης) if you hear a man or Alkistis Protopsalti (Άλκηστις Πρωτοψάλτη) if you hear a woman singing . 99.9%...
Thread: lovelyss i need your help again :) (3 Replies, 3,537 Views) by quarkie68
"Να σαι καλά σαν τα ψηλά βουνά." ;)
Thread: lovelyss i need your help again :) (3 Replies, 3,537 Views) by quarkie68
The artist is Stelios Kazantzidis. The song "Kai as pan sthn eyxh ta palia" . I shall throw a translation a bit later on. Need to look after some things at the moment.
Κι αν αλλάξαμε λογια...
Thread: Soul reaching Greek songs -- Thread 1 * (38 Replies, 17,454 Views) by quarkie68
"Οι όμορφοι άνθρωποι έχουν ένα έργο σκληρό, δύσκολο στη φύση του. Να χαμογελάνε. Και εσωτερικά και εξωτερικά. Για όλους εμάς, τους λιγότερο όμορφους και να μας δίνουν κουράγιο, δύναμη για να...
Thread: Δεν έχω πού να πάω - Αντώνης Ρέμος (114 Replies, 22,351 Views) by quarkie68
to find out your hidden treasures. Me and the others here. Any particular selections from the early ones you would like me (and others) to hunt the lyrics for? If you want them soon it might be...
Thread: Help me out with my translation! (4 Replies, 4,605 Views) by quarkie68
bare hyggelig! :)
Thread: Soul reaching Greek songs -- Thread 1 * (38 Replies, 17,454 Views) by quarkie68
Πολύ ωραίες οι επιλογές σου!
Thread: Soul reaching Greek songs -- Thread 1 * (38 Replies, 17,454 Views) by quarkie68
και πάλι, και πάντα.
Thread: Soul reaching Greek songs -- Thread 1 * (38 Replies, 17,454 Views) by quarkie68
The "hope for nothing" bit has a long story and is not necessarily what it appears to be. Anyway, keep your spitits up omorfi. I sense a bit of pessimism here. I am sure you can hope for everything...
Thread: Help me out with my translation! (4 Replies, 4,605 Views) by quarkie68
Almost perfect , certainly impressive.
Είσαι αστέρι!!!
Thread: Soul reaching Greek songs -- Thread 1 * (38 Replies, 17,454 Views) by quarkie68
"Δεν ελπίζω τίποτε. Δεν φοβούμαι τίποτε. Είμαι λεύτερος"
I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.
said by Nikos Kazantzakis, my favourite !
as for the "fears" (aka reservations) there...
Thread: Soul reaching Greek songs -- Thread 1 * (38 Replies, 17,454 Views) by quarkie68
Go on, tease then and get aallll the fun! :D
Thread: Soul reaching Greek songs -- Thread 1 * (38 Replies, 17,454 Views) by quarkie68
I think the song was first performed by Vasillis Lekkas (Βασίλης Λέκκας), who worked extensively with Theodorakis throughout the years. There must be others as well, which is the point of a classic...
Thread: Δεν έχω πού να πάω - Αντώνης Ρέμος (114 Replies, 22,351 Views) by quarkie68
The party WILL be Greek, and according to the tradition for the last 4 years in a row, it will keep the neighbours awake. I live in a rather quiet area and getting a 750 Watts amplifier to play...
Thread: Soul reaching Greek songs -- Thread 1 * (38 Replies, 17,454 Views) by quarkie68
Yes my dear, you need to try harder. I am honoured to be targeted.
As for the database, no, it's not the one that concerns my sins. To get there you need to try a looot harder. And yes, it is...
Thread: Δεν έχω πού να πάω - Αντώνης Ρέμος (114 Replies, 22,351 Views) by quarkie68
"To ποτό το πίνεις δεν πρέπει να σε πίνει."
If the objective is to get hammered that can never be good. You are trying to have good time. If you get hammered in the end that is a totally different...
Thread: Δεν έχω πού να πάω - Αντώνης Ρέμος (114 Replies, 22,351 Views) by quarkie68
No problem. You are very welcome. You have two weeks from today though. I am throwing a party by just after mid January to celebrate the birthday of a friend and I am absolutely certain there will be...
Thread: Soul reaching Greek songs -- Thread 1 * (38 Replies, 17,454 Views) by quarkie68
I had a feeling that you did. ;)
Yeah, I have noticed from your profile, that teasing Greek men is one of your, let's say, specialties. Well, may I ask how did you get to that habit. Do you think...
Thread: Δεν έχω πού να πάω - Αντώνης Ρέμος (114 Replies, 22,351 Views) by quarkie68
...liver exercise!!! :p