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Σωστά. Εγώ το ανέφερα υπό άλλο πρίσμα. Απλώς το είπα σκεπτόμενος ότι σχεδόν το σύνολο των ελληνικών δελτίων ειδήσεων που παρακολουθώ...

Ροβιόλια is a reference to a popular mondegreen from the song "Στου Θωμά", where the line "με βιολί σαντουροβιόλι*" has often been...

As I said in the other thread about the song, the verse is "ο Ρωμιός ορμά" = the Greek rushes (=all Greeks rush out to have fun)

Actually it is "ο Ρωμιός ορμά" = the Greek rushes (=all Greeks rush out to have fun). I can't get over the fact that various people...

Sticking with the verb "ορμώ" but using it's noun form, the above phrases would be "ώρα για την ορμή/ώρα της ορμής" and "ώρα για ορμή"...

It doesn't make sense as a coherent sentence in Greek, Theseus. It's not an idiomatic expression nor does it work semantically or...

Why am I not surprised that it's often left untranslated and untransliterated in Greek articles and reports?

Ναι, εκεί πια φαίνεται ότι πέφτει βαρύ και άκομψο το «ως». Οπότε ίσως αυτό να δικαιολογεί και τον «φερόμενο δράστη» (άντε να τον...

Η φερόμενη δράση [απόπειρα απαγωγής κ.α.] όμως λέγεται (αν καταλαβαίνω σωστά το λήμμα του Χρηστικού), έτσι;

Α, μα υπάρχει κι αυτό. Does Your Grace want another glass of wine? = Θα ήθελε η Εξοχότητά Σας ακόμα ένα ποτήρι κρασί; Ή μπίρα, για να...

+1 Σπάζω πλάκα (with or without the article) sounds, well… toilsome! As if you're breaking some kind of slab! :D Also, η Εξοχότητά σας...

You're right about the pen, but regarding the other phrase, I was thinking more of the black cap worn on the head before passing the...

All these and more, not least of what pontios was possibly alluding to ie. creativity and imaginative flair - though it would be a...

Hi, Altan. It is an idiom, and it is obviously a figurative use. In a dictionary one would find the meaning as 'a bond was broken'...

It could be one of those cases where the incorrect lyrics were recorded but for various reasons were left uncorrected. There are many...