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Offline Toky

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« on: February 10, 2012, 23:09:13 PM »
Koycegiiz.
Can someone write this phonetically in their reply for me please?

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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2012, 23:18:18 PM »
I bet you will get a dozen different replies Tokes :D

My best effort would be Koor-jees and I know Turkish friends and even Turkish speaking friends will be sniggering reading that  :-\

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« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2012, 23:19:06 PM »
My best guess....

Koy seh jez

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« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2012, 23:20:26 PM »
Coy je iz....
« Last Edit: February 10, 2012, 23:21:17 PM by Firo »

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« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2012, 23:22:29 PM »
Oh dear Mrs H started with koor but I said she was wrong:(

Have you tried typing it into Google translate and pressing the audio

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« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2012, 23:22:41 PM »
ko geez

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« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2012, 23:23:30 PM »
I bet I am closest by a mile so far :D

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« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2012, 23:24:47 PM »
OMG!!!! None of them are what I would have expected.  :o

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« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2012, 23:32:56 PM »
H, tried the audio translation and it's totally different too.
Very confusing indeed.
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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2012, 23:38:11 PM »
Koor-jees or Koy-jeez, but actually the word in between them both




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