Hello

Welcome , you have excellent timing because Greek women have become very popular here.

 

Yes lol I told her about this site and she joined

 

Thank you!!!I have to thank Vicky for this;she told me about the site and I'm so glad I joined!!!:mrgreen:

 

My earliest memories of a Greek woman was Nana Mouskouri. My mother would play her songs over and over again and i had 2 questions running through my young mind then. 1. How the hell is an African woman living in London so enamoured with a Greek musician lol and 2. How the hell is a Greek woman's first name Nana since the name Nana is a title given to royalty in my country. I am told she is a legend in Greece.

 

Haha..yeah..she's a legend here,she has an excellent voice!!She worked with all the great musicians,she sang great songs...I guess that's why your mother knows her lol
Then her name Nana is from Athena...Athena>>Nana
Wow so Nana is a title for royalty in your country;I have a friend named Nana,I'm going to tell her this

 

Welcome on board Dalia.

Nice to have you here, one of my goals in life is to have a vacation in Greece.

Love the beautiful islands like Mykonos, Rhodes and Santorini.

 

Thank you!! You all are so very kind and welcoming here;I'm so glad to meet you!!
Ohh I'm sure you'll love Greece if you ever come here;I've been to a lot of islands but Myconos is by far my favorite one;I've been so many times there and everytime it feels just as exciting as the first time

 

APPIAH Nana is short from Ioanna thats her full name

 

oops mistake..I thought it was Athena

 

all good hope you didnt mind

 

Of course not!!!

 

....which in Anglo/english is Joanna or Joanne. Complicated enough? Aaand this is precisely why the term "it's all greek to me" exists.

 

lol you right that will be mostly in English

actualy thats how my grandmother called from my mother side

 

I see that is very interesting.

 

More complexities...


GMT-Time

In Greece you much live with the GMT-time, and in this case GMT is an abbreviation for:
"Greek Maybe Time".

The Greek people have a very different attitude to time. When the bus is scheduled to come 10.30, it will come between 10 and 11, depending on the traffic, how many people the driver had met and felt he should talk with, and many other small things. Or a local might tell you that the bus will arrive AFTER 4 p.m.! Then he hasn't promised too much. The Greek people don't live by the clock.

The Greeks also have a different opinion about when it's morning, afternoon and evening. You say Good Morning until 12. If you have agreed to meet in the 'afternoon', the earliest meant by this will be 6.00 p.m.! In Greece, the evening meal begins no earlier than 9.00 p.m. Also no one will think anything of it if you telephone at 10.00 p.m. in the evening. However, 'siesta' time, between 3.00 p.m. and 5 p.m. is held as sacred. During the siesta, though, it is very unpopular to disturb someone.