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Dupnica:

--- Quote from: Waspman on September 01, 2013, 08:24:11 PM ---It's called To Paliopaido" (The Bad boy) sung by Dimitris Mitropanos, now sadly deceased (2012)

Surprised Jimbo couldn't find that in his Greek dictionary, very unusual!!

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Sorry Waspman but I don't think that translation is quite correct,"palio" means old and "paidon" can mean fellow or chap,so if we are looking for a literal translation it would be "The Old Fellow" or "The Old Chap",think I've got that right.

Waspman:

--- Quote from: Dupnica on September 01, 2013, 08:51:48 PM ---Sorry Waspman but I don't think that translation is quite correct,"palio" means old and "paidon" can mean fellow or chap,so if we are looking for a literal translation it would be "The Old Fellow" or "The Old Chap",think I've got that right.

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To Pailiopaido is "the bad boy" the one they dance to at Zorbas, and other taverna's

Steve B:
Cheers Waspman. Managed to get it off i-tunes, now it makes coming home a little easier.

Dupnica:

--- Quote from: Waspman on September 01, 2013, 10:11:21 PM ---To Pailiopaido is "the bad boy" the one they dance to at Zorbas, and other taverna's

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My apologies Waspman you're right, written as one word it does mean "the bad boy" although "palio" is the Greek for "old",
 Just another vagary of the Greek language.

Jimbo:

--- Quote ---Surprised Jimbo couldn't find that in his Greek dictionary, very unusual!!
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Or possible in his notes for his university Greek course. Where he would have found that the the Greek for old is "paleo" not "palio". But "palio" might be a swearing version.

Leave me alone. I'm old and frail.

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