What English words/phrases do your parents butcher?
I was having a conversation with my mom and she was mad at one of our neighbors and called him a "sadababeets" instead of "son of a bitch"! It took me a few minutes to figure that one out and I told my friend on the phone and she said her parents always butchered English words too, so I'm wondering what all you other Greeks out there had to deal with :)
Tags: english, funny, greek words, grenglish
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Permalink Reply by Ari on -
My dad used to say Mydahnos for McDonalds and seet instead of sh*t. There were a bunch, I'll come back when I think of more!
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Permalink Reply by Anthy Maria on -
Not as funny as others, but my mom can't say "shouldn't" so she says "soont" LOL
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Permalink Reply by Foti Stamos on -
Some classics I grew up with are:
To Roofie - The roof
May-Danos - McDonalds
To Karo - Automobile
Nea Eorki - New York
to add to Anastasia's word 'Sadababeets' the plural: 'Sadababeetsides'
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Permalink Reply by Greek Gateway on -
Hey Ari! How are you? We posted a hilarious article on the WWG Facebook wall yesterday. I think it may have inspired this topic. ;-) Here's the funny Greek Gateway Guide to Grenglish for those who may have missed it. Enjoy!
Cheers to all our fellow Hellenes!
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Permalink Reply by Ari on
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That's great, I saw it on the FB page today, we also have one on the site from almost 10 years ago!! http://www.greekboston.com/greekhumor/jokes/jokelist.shtml#greekalish
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Permalink Reply by Lena on -
These are all words my family members use on a regular basis! But my mom and aunts do something a little more special, they continuously misuse or invent words. For example: "My soldier (shoulder) hurts," "Every body in this house is stupid asses holes (stupid ass holes)," and my all time favorite...."Thank you very much I am so appreciastic! (appreciative and enthusiastic joining forces)"
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Permalink Reply by Matthaios Douzanis on -
The one I always thought was funny was the word pizza..or anything with an R in it. We orrrrderrrrr picha
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Permalink Reply by Christos on -
The funniest thing is when my dad would get pissed and try to swear he would say "fhak" instead of f**k he never said sadaba,,, but he does say "salaba beets" lol SO rant might be something like: "Fhak you! you Salaba beets you stupid seety thing! lol
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Permalink Reply by Anastasia on -
haha! That's too funny Christos :)
Christos said:The funniest thing is when my dad would get pissed and try to swear he would say "fhak" instead of f**k he never said sadaba,,, but he does say "salaba beets" lol SO rant might be something like: "Fhak you! you Salaba beets you stupid seety thing! lol
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