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I've stumbled over a couple of abbreviations, that appear to be quite common, at least on "irc", where not necessarily all is nice speak, nor proper ellhnika... tpt ... tipota (nothing) dld ... δηλαδι ("that means" - also as a question: "huh?") gmt ... *** (seems to be some swear-phrase ...) gt ... giati (why / therefore) klp ... ??? (like "and so on", but I don't know the greek words) p.x. ... ??? (for example) If someone knows "klp" and "p.x." please answer. Also, if someone knows some more everyday-speak abbreviations also add them to this topic, σε παρακαλώ  |
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klp ... και λοιπά or και τα λοιπά (κτλ) -> etcetera literally: "and the rest" px ... παραδείγματος χάριν -> for example literally "of-example for-the-sake-of" Π.χ. and κτλ. are used the same way as e.g. and etc. in English, and may be found in more learned writings. I'm pretty sure the rest are just chatspeak abbreviations. |
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Thanks! Also, I have to correct a typo in my own list: dld ... δηλαδή (not "-ι") |
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I'd just add that k.t.l and p.x. are actually correct abbreviations that are used in academic settings as well (unlike the rest). Also, people say "pou xou" (from p.x., I suppose) sometimes in speaking to abbreviate the phrase "paradeigmatos xarin" (or "paradeigma tws xarin", as it is also seen). It's kinda cutsy. "gmt" as you know is "gamoto!" or "damn it!" ("f it!") |
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I wasn't sure about the appropriateness of spelling out the "gmt", but now that it already is, I'd like to have a grammatical look at it. I guess that the first o is actually a "w" and that makes it "gamw to"... While the english pendant is gramma- tically imperative, it seems that greek swearers claim to do "it" themselves  . Is this interpretation right? |
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Yes, you are right (sorry, I didn't use the right "o"...I should be more careful when phoneticizing). There is a whole discussion on this under the "Re" thread that I started and Theodore (a Greek from Greece talks about it). I am Greek-American, so... As for the English, I am not so sure. "F*** you" is more like a shorted form of "I f*** you." If it were a command, it would have to be "f*** yourself" (which is also quite popular, though non-sensical somewhat). Note, it is not always used as something so bad. In fact, on Greek TV it doesn't even get bleeped when used like this: "Gamwto! Ksexasa ta kleidia mou sto grafeio!" (Damn it! I forgot my keys at the office!) See the "re" discussion for more about this... Also, I am not sure why it's spelled together as one word. It's unusual for Greek grammar, but it usually is. |
