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A birthday lunch with friends who speak English. Do kiwis speak the King's eengleesh? Do Americans?
Mr Google says we both speak an English dialect. We share a common foundation but each country has it's own unique characteristics.
Anyway, we were an international company for lunch. England, NZ, USofA and Greece.
The setting
Looking back towards the island
It was a little windy and the sea rather choppy. The breeze was a welcome relief from the scorching heat of previous days
Plaka beach
Local children enjoying the small waves
Here we are. Except me. I forgot to get the young lad who served us to take a photo. I also forgot to take a photo of the 2 pooches Winnie and Choco. We were too busy eating and talking.
K soon moved over to the table next door to talk with some greek friends.
Our english conversation got a bit too fast and colloquial for him to keep up.
We covered everything from local gossip, what the ex-pat community are up to, memories from years gone by, buying and building houses, dogs and other animals.
Tomato and zucchini fritters with a yoghurt dip
Lots of fried potatoes (chips) and the ubiquitous Greek salad
Just a little of the delicious food served here at the Plaka Beach taverna. Known to locals, not on the tourist map.
They let K and I choose plates of different food to share. Enough to fill the table, our tummies and some to take home. We finished off with cold karpuzi (watermelon).
This was the 3rd 'party' to celebrate friend Jan's birthday. She was working on her birthday this year, helping the Danish vets neuter a hundred stray cats. That was over a month again.
The, possibly last, celebration for this year's birthday was thanks to good friends Steve and Judy who are far away in England. A thousand thanks you two.
I always enjoy myself immensely when I'm with a few English speakers, though quite a few times I grasp for the right word. They understand.
Fava - pureed yellow split peas
Pease pudding (cold) mixed with lots of olive oil and chopped onions.
You can be sure when you let a greek order that you'll have a good variety of traditional food and lots of it
Why don't I pop over for an English conversation session ... with FOOD!!
ReplyDeleteJust make sure you're hungry! We cater for everyone, vegans, carnivores and everything in between. Don't bother if you're on a diet.
DeleteYou do speak English on the Isle of Man, don't you lol.
It was a lovely lunch together Linda...Birthday officially done now....😍
ReplyDeleteBut lots more lunches I hope. There's always something to celebrate
DeleteFood looks good. I work with 2 indian men, they have said to me that us Kiwis talk very fast, so i can understand what K means.
ReplyDeleteHe says we talk a mile a minute. Our family does when we are all together!!
DeleteOpa! (That's the only Greek I know.)
ReplyDeleteThat's a great first word. Opa, Opa, then click your fingers and leap in the air! Ha ha. Greek dancers do it
DeleteGreeks talk fast. Very fast. So I’m wondering how fast you were talking
ReplyDeleteThe food looks yummy as always.
We would be fine conversing. I mix the Greek and English to find the correct words lol
Actually, any language if you're not fluent, sounds as though it's spoken at top speed. That's what Italians sound like to me.
DeleteYou'd fit in fine with your grenglish 😍😍 it's what we mostly speak around here
Our dear late Queen used to say that there were only two types of English; English and incorrect English! I have a tin of Pease Pudding here, I wonder if I could make something similar from it?
ReplyDeleteThe English language has changed tremendously, especially in the colonies. Sometimes I need a translator to understand young kiwis
DeleteIt all sounds perfect.
ReplyDeleteGreat summer dining
DeleteIt sounds and looks delightful.
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