translation please

uzhan4elaine


Joined: 30/08/2008
Posts: 76

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 14:10

hi everyone i got a really easy question today. If you've read any of my last postings you will understand why it's an easy one!!!



Can someone please tell me the english interpretation of the word "karaca" thanks.

Elliecy


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 153

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 14:16

Hi Elaine, well according my TR dictionary, it means Roe, Deer...?!! Does that make any sense?

elko2



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Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 14:25

It would be much safer to have the whole sentence really. In addition to the dictionary meaning stated above. it can also mean "blackish" or "resembling black" since the root word "kara" means "black".

ismet

rtddci


Joined: 29/12/2007
Posts: 842

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 15:19

My online translater ( http://www.turkishdictionary.net/) also lists kara as 'person who breaks up a friendship by carrying tales'

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 15:36

Hi rtddci, I tried logging on to the link you posted, but it came up as website not available, is that the right web site.





regards jock

Oilman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 15:38

Think it is your upper arm.

PtePike



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Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 16:48

Elaine,



Just a shot in the dark here, but did Uzhan tell you someone called him a "karasakal"?

Luca B


Joined: 25/09/2008
Posts: 29

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 17:25

Also means your biceps or upper arm.

rtddci


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Posts: 842

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 17:29

Try http://www.turkishdictionary.net/ again

Might have been a hiccup

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 17:55

Isn't Karasakal a place in Turkey?

Wilts Girl


Joined: 16/07/2008
Posts: 159

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 17:55

What an interesting language where one word can have so many meanings, sorry I am not really helping. Good luck with your translation uzhan4elaine

elko2



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Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 18:22

Ah well, I better get in before our Private Pike. Kara Sakal literally means "Black Beard". During the struggle days from 1963 to 1974 many Turkish Cypriots were living in enclaves where they felt in relative safety from the attacks of Greek Cypriots. A number of Commandoes from Turkey were sent to Cyprus clandestinely and they were in civilian dress and lived mostly in the mountains. Turkish Cypriots called them "Kara Sakal" because of their black beards. After 1974, it became customary to refer to Turks from Turkey as "Karasakal" or simply "Kara". It is mostly used in a deregotary manner.

ismet

JONNY


Joined: 21/09/2008
Posts: 10

Message Posted:
25/09/2008 20:34

pvt pikey

your posts are so racists man ,i do not understand how people give you the time of day

if i were turkish i would send you back to wales or wherever it is you are from.

people like you nobody needs

PtePike



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Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 11:12

Jonny,



Intelligent input, darling. Why don't you have another beer?

uzhan4elaine


Joined: 30/08/2008
Posts: 76

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 12:38

PvtPike



What on earth u on about? Why would someone call him a 'karasaka'? Plse explain what u mean, in terms that i will understand this time please.

uzhan4elaine


Joined: 30/08/2008
Posts: 76

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 12:41

Why is it everytime i post a message on here, i end up even more confused than i was to start with?



The way this was said to me, i think it was meant to mean 'deer' - i'm presuming as in 'dear'. He explained exactly as Elliecy wrote.

uzhan4elaine


Joined: 30/08/2008
Posts: 76

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 12:44

Well Ismet, you've seen the whole sentence with the word in it, so is it meant in a good or bad way???



To be honest, i've had enough of wanting to know, but 'curiosity killed the cat'!!!

JONNY


Joined: 21/09/2008
Posts: 10

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 16:03

pvt pikey

are you gay ,why do you refer to me as darling,if you are stay on your side of the fence

pal.

PtePike



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Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 16:52

Elaine,



Read my post again. I was only giving you a possibility as you appear to be extremely naive for someone who claims to be a grown woman of 44.

PtePike



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Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 16:53

Jonny,



Don't be ashamed of it. If you don't like me just ignore me.

JONNY


Joined: 21/09/2008
Posts: 10

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 17:16

pvt pikey

can you be ignored your posts are everywhere it does not matter what the subject is about you still find something racist to say about the turks.

maybe the turks ignore you because they think you are just a muppet.

as an englishman i would class you as a muppet

PtePike



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Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 17:29

Jonny,



Isn't a muppet someone who says he lives in the TRNC, but then asks in his first post: "is there greek land in the turkish notrh."



Is it angst, or too much lager?

JONNY


Joined: 21/09/2008
Posts: 10

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 17:40

pvt pikey

no thats called educating yourself .

a muppet is you ,why do you keep going on about booze are you an alcoholic.

a drunk muppet it makes sense now

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 17:49

Are you sure you don't mean "Zabadak!" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch?

PtePike



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Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
26/09/2008 17:59

Or Zebedee?

uzhan4elaine


Joined: 30/08/2008
Posts: 76

Message Posted:
27/09/2008 13:59

PtePike

Thanks for calling me "naive". For your information, i am not naive. I just replied to state that i did not understand what you wrote. Call me stupid, call me whatever you want, i don't really care, but do you always have to be so negative towards me? i came here asking for advice, and you don't give advice. you give negativity all the time. if u can't give me sound advice and make it understandable, then please don't reply to my questions and let the others help me.

PtePike



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Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
27/09/2008 14:41

Tiggy,



Under the patio?

The butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
27/09/2008 14:47

Once again this thread has descended into personal attacks on one another. Can the moderaters not ban the people who are doing this? There about 6 people who cannot post without getting abusive and they are spoiling this site for all members.



The Butlers wife

PtePike



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Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
27/09/2008 15:06

The butler,



Msg 28 appears to be the only seriously abusive one.

Baspinar Bob


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Posts: 618

Message Posted:
27/09/2008 15:27

Pte Pike



Msg 28?



Bob

elko2



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Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
27/09/2008 15:28

Re. msg. 17

Elaine,

Yes I have noticed it in its context. I think he is referring to "Karaca" as a bird and resembling you to a bird in a nice way. You know the rest of the sentence. Let curiosity kill the cat as well as a few others on this BB

ismet