A Place in the Sun

[Princebytor]

Looks like Paphos is featured on this afternoon's programme.........sat at home in freezing Sheffield I'll be watching enviously !!!

[Princebytor]

I think that they are now on a new series...........so hopefully it is a new one

[Mike.1940]

But they did finally settle with Mandria and not Tala according to the programme end.

[Princebytor]

Yes....without sparking the east v west debate, it did say that they settled for an apartment 10 mins away from Mandria

[Chaddy]

It says in my paper it is about Crete not Cyprus,on at 6pm channel 4.

[Chaddy]

It was on yesterday, maybe you're looking at today's programme listings?

Oh dear,,,,another senior moment of mine

[J B]

Does anyone know where the Tala (or Tar Lar as the presenter kept saying ) property was??

[Lofos-Jan]

Does anyone know where the Tala (or Tar Lar as the presenter kept saying ) property was??

It was Tala Panorama (Hadjidemosthenous) - the lowest development in Tala off Tala to Kissonerga road.

Jeanne

[brengreen]

Did anyone else notice that the presenter started off calling Chloraka Choclara !

[Dominic]

I only hope the local Cypriot population is less critical of how badly some of the expat community pronounce stuff here.

[PolemIan]

Crikey that's really gone to the dogs that place or last time I was up there it had! Is it still full of graffiti?

Yes 'a' as in Sally - a short one - Dala!

Bit confused here, are we talking about graffiti at Tala Panorama? I signed the approval for the TV company to film there in May on behalf the Owners committee and it is not, and never has been, full of graffiti. In fact our owners are consistently full of praise on the cleanliness of the complex.

Ian

[Dominic]

Right, both of you either get a room or leave each other alone.

[Lofos-Jan]

Crikey that's really gone to the dogs that place or last time I was up there it had! Is it still full of graffiti?

Yes 'a' as in Sally - a short one - Dala!

Not sure about this comment either. No graffiti and a lovely development.

Jeanne

[WHL]

Anyone know where to apply to get on the show, me and the other half, fancy a free holiday, Caribbean seems nice.

[PolemIan]

Crikey that's really gone to the dogs that place or last time I was up there it had! Is it still full of graffiti?

Yes 'a' as in Sally - a short one - Dala!

Not sure about this comment either. No graffiti and a lovely development.

Jeanne

A bit damaging if an owner is trying to sell a property there!

Very true and not consistent with reality, especially as at the moment I'm just writing another welcome email to a another new owner who's bought on the back of being a well maintained complex. I'm there for a Committee meeting tomorrow and will double check for any graffiti me and the other owners may have missed.

Ian

[memory man]

...and it's not https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnmhtU_Z1vA either!

[Lofos-Jan]

To be pedantic... the Greek T is pronounced somewhere between a T and D. If you use D as in dog, it is much too heavy and if you use B as in boat instead of P it is also much too heavy. The way I was taught by my Greek teacher for T was to pronounce it with a T but put your tongue behind your teeth which lowers the T sound. Same with P, try to go for a combination of P and B by using a much softer and lighter B sound.

Jeanne

[glang3000]

It should be pronounced Tala in Greek but the cypriots do pronounce it Dala, as they pronounce Pafos, Bafos, it's just the local accent.

[Chaddy]

Mmmmmm,just a boring observation of mine,Tala residents more often than not pronounce it Tarla.Has any noticed that Tala residents pronounce it.....Poalis and not Polis...Being a Northern lad I,d better brush up my queens English

[galexinda]

Not pedantic at all Lofos-Jan. I started Greek Cypriot lessons some years ago and as well as T = D, P = B we were told 'K' was pronounced as 'G' so Kato sounded like Gato! Caused much hilarity when I practiced speaking and so quickly picked up the correct pronunciation. Although the learning format was good in that each week we covered a different topic so we could get out there and practice and hold proper conversations, the pronunciation was a big let down so I stopped going.