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Chapter 15: The Spoken Word
Original Text by Gregory Augerinou Sgouridi
December, 1968
Translated loosely from Greek by Chris Steve Manitsas,
with commentary on the history of the Manitsas and Kalpakis families
Editing and Web Design by Steve Chris Manitsas
(Comments are highlighted in green)
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Maxims and Proverbs
(selected)
Listen to an elder's advice
and the sense of the learned
From the insane and from children
you will learn the truth
Of a cake you will not eat
why worry if it burns
The mind disturbed
the work doubled
From your mouth
to God's ear
Infrequent be the kiss
to keep its taste
They put the crazy one
to get the snake from its hole
Work to eat
save to have
Show me your friends
then I'll tell you who you are
Having gift of gab
you have money
Cleanliness is
half of nobility
The wild came
to chase the tame
Better to lose an eye
than your name
Learn a skill and leave it
if you're hungry you will need it
Dance by yourself
and jump all you want
Long hair
short brains
Whoever does not want to bake
spends days sifting flour
Whoever has whiskers
has his combs
The liar and the thief
enjoys the first year only
The priest blesses first
his own whiskers
If you hear of many cherries
bring a small basket
Description of the Language Peculiarities in Peramos
For example, many words had endings dropped such as spit for spiti (house). Those from other parts of Greece had no difficulty understanding. The impression was that they spoke fast. As closer ties developed with Constantinople and as the school system improved especially about 1900 these language peculiarities diminished. A trace of the linguistic distinction still remains even in those born in the USA.
Idiomatic Words
Words peculiar to the area are listed. Some are of ancient Greek origin and some of Turkish origin.
Aloskatos is a word I heard often. It means "last" from the Ancient Greek word eskatos. Kambosos from kamposos (a lot), meaning "big shot".
Pages 495 - 504:
A detailed description and localization of homes of the inhabitants of Peramos is given.
Pages 505 - 549:
Album of Photographs
Of interest is the dress of many of those whose photographs were taken before 1922. The styles are in keeping with those of Europe at that time.
Index of Names and Places
This section is now located at the Peramos Image Archive.
This section is located on the Bibliography page.
This book was printed on December 1968 by The Brothers Ioannidis firm in Athens.
This page is maintained by Steve Chris Manitsas. Send comments to Manitsas@aol.com
It was last updated February 21, 1998, and is continuing to undergo revision.
| Index | Table of Contents | Image Archive | Kyzikos Connections | Bibliography |
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Chapters: Introduction | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |