Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum

General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: Colwyn on May 22, 2017, 18:04:31 PM

Title: Favourite Word
Post by: Colwyn on May 22, 2017, 18:04:31 PM

Mine is petrichor. What's yours?

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: Scunner on May 22, 2017, 18:11:06 PM

Haberdashery

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: kevin3 on May 22, 2017, 18:17:38 PM

    Concise.                   Why take two pages to describe something that can be summed up in two lines.  ?

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: Highlander on May 22, 2017, 22:45:53 PM

Procrastination

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: Scunner on May 22, 2017, 22:51:14 PM

Took you a while to come up with that

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: Menthol on May 22, 2017, 23:33:17 PM

Bobinaj.

And if I was allowed another -  gumusservi.

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: KKOB on May 23, 2017, 01:23:49 AM

Bok !

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on May 23, 2017, 07:34:26 AM

bibliothèque ..... always loved that word from my French lessons at school.  It just rolls of the tongue.

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Post by: Lotty on May 23, 2017, 08:13:02 AM

Transmogrify

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: Colwyn on May 23, 2017, 09:06:29 AM

Quote from: Menthol on May 22, 2017, 23:33:17 PM

And if I was allowed another -  gumusservi.

Gümüşservi - what a great word.

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: badger on May 23, 2017, 10:19:52 AM

Holiday  8)

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: kevin3 on May 23, 2017, 10:46:57 AM

      That rolls off the tongue Badger.      ;)

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: mary62 on May 23, 2017, 12:20:16 PM

Chocolate.....mmmmm

If I was allowed a second it would be schizophrenic ......but I'm in 2 minds about that one.

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: yabanci on May 27, 2017, 14:56:40 PM

It seems as though President Reg does not have Arena as his favourite word,

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/stadiums-in-turkey-to-no-longer-be-called-arena-erdogan-instructs-minister.aspx?PageID=238&NID=113595&NewsCatID=341

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: Colwyn on May 27, 2017, 15:19:11 PM

So "Stadium" is fine? Like the Colosseum - the stadium where it is estimated 400,000 people were slaughtered.  The Colosseum is also known as a "Circus": how suitable for Erdogan's Turkey..

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: kevin3 on May 27, 2017, 16:04:02 PM

    Also yesterday they banned singing and chanting and shouting slogans in public,  at marches, demonstrations ect.      That's progress eh. ??   

Title: Re: Favourite Word
Post by: KKOB on May 27, 2017, 16:08:04 PM

With any luck he'll ban halloween and christmas too !