Today from 6 pm: last chance at Karshiyaka!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 16:47

Today, from 6 pm, is your last chance to see new born turtles on the Karshiyaka Beach, when this years last nest will be excavated. An unforgettable experience!

http://www.allcrusades.com/BB_pics/05_turtle_cut_out.jpg

StGeorgeI


Joined: 27/08/2009
Posts: 973

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 16:56

Been down twice this year and it is a magical experience - anyone who hasn't been should make the effort, you wont regret it. ENJOY!!

dav88



Joined: 01/08/2008
Posts: 605

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 17:17

oooo lovelyyy! never seen it before so look forward to it! thanks for telling us

puppylover



Joined: 05/05/2008
Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 17:27

Can anyone tell me exactly where Karsiyaka Beach is?

loulou



Joined: 14/05/2008
Posts: 785

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 19:00

kasiyaka ????????????

loulou



Joined: 14/05/2008
Posts: 785

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 19:01

only a joke puppylover

puppylover



Joined: 05/05/2008
Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 21:30

Good job I have a sense of humour loulou!!



.......and thanks to your directions I actually found it!! Thank you.

Vidal


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 867

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 21:40

Yes, many thanks DC Saw your post at 6 and got down there just in time to see them go. Lovely.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 23:28

Surprised at cloggies spelling of Karsiyaka on the thread title.



Obviously it's the Dutch interpretation.



Or the phonetic version.



Whatever.

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 23:40

I didn't like to say.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 23:43

Vicky, I'll ask the question before DC does



How many languages do you speak?

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 09:30

RE msg 9, newscoop: (...) Surprised at cloggies spelling of Karsiyaka on the thread title. Obviously it's the Dutch interpretation. Or the phonetic version. Whatever. (...)

=> The software on many servers and users' computers in this world can handle the letter "s". This however is not the case with typical Turkish letters (29 in the alphabet) that do not exist in for example the British or American English alphabet. ("i" without a dot etc). The letters "s- and S-cédille" (ş Ş) are two of them. Often these letters are shown on computer screens as strange tokens.

So. That's why it is quite normal and internationally accepted to use "sh" for "s," (s-cédille) in English computer text (not on printed maps and other printed material).

If you write "Lefkos,a" (Lefkoşa) in non-Turkish software it is safer to write Lefkosha - everybody can read and pronounce it. The same goes for Lala Mustafa Paşa (Pasha), Karşiyaka (Karshiyaka) etc. [more]

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 09:44

continued form msg 12.



This has nothing to do with "Dutch interpretation, phonetic version or whatever". Too bad, eh?



Btw. This was a thread about young turtles. But you couldn't resist to write something silly. Sad.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 13:26

For my interested friend "newscoop", who was so "Surprised at cloggies spelling of Karsiyaka": this link



http://www.html-reference.com/Escape.asp



may give you some idea about the problems with special characters on screens and in text (read the part ISO Latin Escape Sequences).

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 13:32

Hans...with all due respect, you are always the first one to jump on someone when they make a spelling mistake, therefore you ought to take this with a pinch of salt and a laugh...everyone else does!





DD

dav88



Joined: 01/08/2008
Posts: 605

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 13:56

Managed to get there and it was certainly a most wonderful experience so thanks DC

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 14:08

RE msg 15, daisy_dukes: (...) you are always the first one to jump on someone when they make a spelling mistake (...)

=> Just for the record, because you possibly did not read all posts above: my spelling wasn't a spelling mistake.

RE msg 15, daisy_dukes: (...) you are always the first one to jump on someone when they make a spelling mistake (...)

=> "Are"? Were. It did't helb and me wil not doe it agan. Promi(s)(z)(c)ed.

RE msg 15, daisy_dukes: (...) (...) a pinch of salt and a laugh...everyone else does! (...)

=> I know. It must be my fault. I just lack this "outstanding British sense of humour" (say the Brits).

Have a nice day, Daisy! Don't forget to buy potatoes...

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 14:10

Like a dog with a bone.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 14:48

Another nice one, Mrs. Britvic! Though not as good as yesterday, when you found the time to post "I don't know!" in reply to a question. The best I can say about the value of your efforts is that you bring threads back to the top.

P.S. I expect another smart one-liner...

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 15:01

potatoes?



DD

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 15:19

RE Daisy: http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/23072.asp

First post.

Third line.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 16:26

oh yeah...oops!



DD

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 22:15

Potatoops. bttt

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 23:52

Putting on my pedantic hat your over complicated explanation confirms what I said about phonetics.



As to the "British sense of humour"



You'll never understand it.



Another thing; why are you using a Turkish keyboard?