ForumGarden

spot;1242968 wrote: I've no idea what you think the British Army's doing in Afghanistan then. As the Muslims would say Spot.... YANNI.

oscar;1242972 wrote: As the Muslims would say Spot.... YANNI.


And what, oscar, would they mean by that?

spot;1242985 wrote: And what, oscar, would they mean by that? It's a general Middle Eastern expression meaning 'Exactly'.

oscar;1242989 wrote: It's a general Middle Eastern expression meaning 'Exactly'.


That sounds fairly unlikely to me.

spot;1242990 wrote: That sounds fairly unlikely to me. Do you spend as much time with Turkish and Muslim folk as I do? It's slang.

oscar;1242993 wrote: Do you spend as much time with Turkish and Muslim folk as I do? It's slang.


Maybe someone else might be able to advise us. I'd have thought waqf was closer to what you're looking for.

spot;1242995 wrote: Maybe someone else might be able to advise us. I'd have thought waqf was closer to what you're looking for.
Maybe I spelt it wrong. I will ask Murmat tomorrow to spell it for me. I have picked up a great deal of Turkish over the years but could not write it down.

spot;1242995 wrote: Maybe someone else might be able to advise us. I'd have thought waqf was closer to what you're looking for.


I did spell it correctly. I found this on the net.



يعني also means 'means'

it's derived from the root عنى which means 'to mean'.

you can use it to say something like "I meant to do that" or "what does it mean".

you can also say "لا يعنيك" which means "it doesn't concern you."

And the pronunciation? Would you like to transliterate those squiggles so we can all pronounce them?

spot;1243013 wrote: And the pronunciation? Would you like to transliterate those squiggles so we can all pronounce them? Look... don't get smart :wah: I can speak Turkish but I can't read or write It. However, I will take that snippet in tomorrow for Murmat to look at. I believe It's Arabic origin.

oscar;1243017 wrote: Look... don't get smart :wah: I can speak Turkish but I can't read or write It. However, I will take that snippet in tomorrow for Murmat to look at. I believe It's Arabic origin.
Well good lord, you produced those as confirmation of YANNI - some sort of pronunciation guide seems called for!

spot;1243018 wrote: Well good lord, you produced those as confirmation of YANNI - some sort of pronunciation guide seems called for! Then that Is another question I shall ask tomorrow,

spot;1242985 wrote: And what, oscar, would they mean by that?


Dont you love it when he does that?

You can almost hear the inflection in his voice and see the raised eyebrow. Ill bet theres some serious tongue clicking going on too.



"And what Oscar" I love that. Hes getting all sassy on you with just a couple of words. Hes the master.

Nomad;1243194 wrote: Dont you love it when he does that?

You can almost hear the inflection in his voice and see the raised eyebrow. Ill bet theres some serious tongue clicking going on too.



"And what Oscar" I love that. Hes getting all sassy on you with just a couple of words. Hes the master.
You know that he lives very close to me. I swear I could hear the tutting coming down the wire and I could see the eyebrow slowly rising over the rooftops like a sinister sunrise on a cold frosty dawn.

oscar;1243202 wrote: You know that he lives very close to me. I swear I could hear the tutting coming down the wire and I could see the eyebrow slowly rising over the rooftops like a sinister sunrise on a cold frosty dawn.


I wonder if he gets sassy with those gorillas. I can see him trying to get a rise out of them.

Nomad;1243204 wrote: I wonder if he gets sassy with those gorillas. I can see him trying to get a rise out of them.
He's tried but eventually they banned him from the zoo for upsetting them. It got so bad that the big man Jock, would scream and charge, beating his chest with his fists. He also upset the Prarie dogs as well when he accussed them of being in favour of the Bush foriegn policy.

Nomad;1243194 wrote: "And what Oscar" I love that. Hes getting all sassy on you with just a couple of words. Hes the master.


Hush, wretch. The board's frozen in horror watching Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas facing down Johnny Ringo and the Clantons and you're blithely wandering around Fremont Street trying to set up a plate camera complete with tripod to make the next day's Tombstone Epitaph. Get under cover fast.

spot;1243215 wrote: Hush, wretch. The board's frozen in horror watching Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas facing down Johnny Ringo and the Clantons and you're blithely wandering around Fremont Street trying to set up a plate camera complete with tripod to make the next day's Tombstone Epitaph. Get under cover fast.
You been on that cider again Spot?

spot;1243215 wrote: Hush, wretch. The board's frozen in horror watching Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas facing down Johnny Ringo and the Clantons and you're blithely wandering around Fremont Street trying to set up a plate camera complete with tripod to make the next day's Tombstone Epitaph. Get under cover fast.




You are way out of control mister !

Nomad;1243223 wrote: You are way out of control mister !
Fear not my friend, his medication will kick in shortly.

oscar;1243225 wrote: Fear not my friend, his medication will kick in shortly.


It gets worse when he doses up.

Nomad;1243231 wrote: It gets worse when he doses up. It;s sinister how he lurks and just as you feel It is safe to diss him, he pops up like a balloon.

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl You all are brilliant laughed out loud.

CARLA;1243303 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl You all are brilliant laughed out loud.
Nomad and I know people Carla. We can have Spot thrown over the zoo fence like no-body's business,

oscar;1243305 wrote: Nomad and I know people Carla. We can have Spot thrown over the zoo fence like no-body's business,


Great, I heard he has a vice like grip....3 for 1 :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Merhaba Spoot,

'Yani' is Turkish for 'I agree'.

Hoscakal,

Murmat.

oscar;1243697 wrote: Merhaba Spoot,

'Yani' is Turkish for 'I agree'.

Hoscakal,

Murmat.


That's such a relief, I'd thought we were discussing the Arabic.



eta: I apologize, I've just re-read the thread, it was merely an assumption on my part based on "a general Middle Eastern expression".

What, begging everyones pardon, does eta: mean ?

Edited To Add



It's an apology for, having posted, including a relevant afterthought which someone might have missed seeing if they'd opened the post before the addition was made.

Thanks....... often wondered.

te,sekkür ederim Spoot

thank you Spot

Murmat