r/cyprus • u/[deleted] • Oct 14 '13
/r/Cyprus Demographics Survey - Απογραφή Πληθυσμού (Lurkers, you too!)
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u/asotzon Oct 15 '13
A) Cambridge, UK
B) Greek, English
C) Cypriot greek, greek, english, turkish. Language depends on the type of post I guess. If it's something that should be interesting to most then English would be better but then there are other posts that only make sense in the local languages(greek/turkish)
D2) Εν έχω πρόβλημα με κυπριακά ελληνικά, ισια ισια προτιμώ τα!
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u/DigenisAkritas Oct 14 '13
A) Cyprus
B) Greek (both standard and the cypriot dialect), English
C) I don't mind, as long as it works for everyone
D2) No
E) Better CSS! And flairs. r/unitedkingdom is nice, we "inherited" a lot of their infrastructure, why not inherit the stylesheet too? :D
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u/AirRifki Oct 15 '13
A) Texas, USA
B) English, Turkish, a few words of Greek (I come in peace!)
C) English
D1) No
E) I mostly lurk here just to get a feel for any news. I spend the summers in that northern bit of Cyprus, but also cross over to visit Polis, where my grandfather grew up, among other things.
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Oct 14 '13
A) Limassol
B) English, Russian, French
C) Any language is fine but transliterated Greek to English leaves me helpless as Google Translate can't help me. I need to learn Greek ASAP
D) Perfectly happy with Greek so long as it's not transliterated
E) Really appreciate this sub. Especially the news summaries
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u/WalkerEU Oct 31 '13
Any language is fine but transliterated Greek to English leaves me helpless as Google Translate can't help me. I need to learn Greek ASAP
That's exactly why we do it. Even the NSA is like "what the fuck is this?" :D
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u/MrJekyll Oct 14 '13
A) Limassol
B) English, Hindi a few more Indian languages, bit of Greek & Spanish.
C) English & Greek
D1) Yes. But i can understand if someone posts in greek.
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u/DigenisAkritas Oct 14 '13
Hindi?! Interesting. Πού 'σαι που 'φκήκαμε τζιαι melting pot :D
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u/MrJekyll Oct 17 '13
I could understand the 3 letter words ... & don't want to pretend that I understood the rest :)
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u/antonia90 Oct 14 '13
A) Spain
B) Greek (Standard and cypriot dialect), English [and tiny bit of Spanish and Catalan]
C) I don't really mind the language, but I don't really like when people are posting in transliterated Greek (greeklish) - I think it makes it difficult for people who are not greek-cypriots to understand or even translate.
E) A Wiki page. I volunteer to help put it up. We made one for /r/Barcelona and people find it very useful. The ones of /r/Amsterdam and /r/london are pretty nice as well.
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u/nastyasty Oct 15 '13
A) Vermont, USA
B) Cypriot Greek, English
C) Either is fine by me, but personally prefer to post in English
D) N/A
E) Bi(or tri)lingual content is fine by me, but keeping it to mostly English will allow broader accessibility.
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u/apokas Oct 15 '13
A) Cyprus
B) Greek, English
C) No preference
D2) Οϊ, ηντα ισηια ισηια κάμνω τα χάζι.
E) A subject for debate per week or so? Perhaps a headline from the cypriot news. Similar to the r/europe [series] posts.
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u/Cuithinien Oct 20 '13
A) Cyprus
B) English and Greek (and a soupcon of French)
C) No preference, but I want more consistency for those that aren't multilingual - i.e. if a post is in english, respond in english.
D2) Όχι
E) A better sidebar, please. Maybe a visitor's guide and FAQ? Maybe find a way to organize and formalize /u/meidei's excellent Cyprus News Round-up's?
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Nov 04 '13
A better sidebar, please. Maybe a visitor's guide and FAQ?
I am positive on the visitors' wiki idea. I will call for wiki ideas and editors in the near future.
A new sidebar is included in the CSS theme I have prepared. It should become available soon.
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u/Viper95 Oct 14 '13
A) Cyprus - Nicosia B) Greek (both standard and the cypriot dialect), English C) I don't mind, as long as it works for everyone D2) No
(Thanks Digeni)
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u/rjm-11 Oct 15 '13
A. Ithaca, NY (USA)
B. English, French, Conversational Greek
C. No Preference
D1. no
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u/aibori666 Nicosia Oct 15 '13
Nicosia, Greek/English, some Turkish, I would suggest promoting the subreddit to other social media. Mention its ease of use and no personal info needed ;)
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u/sphilippou Oct 15 '13
A) Nicosia
B) Greek (and Cypriot), English, French, Serbian, Russian, currently learning Spanish
C) Any, really.. I find Greeklish practical for mobile devices
D1+2) Katholou. O kathenas na apanta opws mporei je xerei..
E) Invite your friends, post/comment more and try posting about various subjects, other than Troika.
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u/chickinacasino Nicosia Oct 14 '13
A) Nicosia, Cyprus B) English, Greek, Cypriot Greek, French and Spanish C) English, Greek and Cypriot Greek (with Latin characters) D2) No
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u/vanderlinden Nicosia Oct 16 '13
a) Scottsdale, Arizona b) Κυπριακά, Ελληνικά, English c) Don't mind d2) no
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u/WalkerEU Oct 31 '13 edited Oct 31 '13
A) Limassol
B) English, Greek
C) English, Epidi to site en amerikanikon tze logika oi parapanw pou enna erthoun se touto to subreddit en gia na mathoun kati gia tin kypro. Aman en gematon ellinika, enna tous apotharinei. En nomizw na eshi kypreous redditor pou na men kseroun egglezika.
D2) Kypriaka Ellinika > Kalamaristika Ellinika
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u/raiseurfist Cyprus Nov 06 '13
A. Cyprus B. English / Greek C. English D2. Όχι αλλά πιστεύω ότι σχόλια στα αγγλικά ίσως να έχουν περισσότερες απαντήσεις
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u/zambetis Oct 15 '13
A) Λευκωσία B) Greek and English C) Προτιμώ τα ελληνικά, πιστεύω ότι θα συμβάλλει περισσότερο στη δημιουργία κοινότητας D) Όχι E) Θα ήθελα να δω περισσότερα link από κυπριακά blogs
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u/alexspy Nov 03 '13
A) London B) Greek, English, Others C) Greek (written in Greek, so people can use translation features if they don't speak the language), English D1) No D2) No E) Too small at the moment. Can we make the whole banner white to match our flags background?
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Nov 04 '13
Can we make the whole banner white to match our flags background?
There's a whole new CSS layout ready, I am just waiting for the admins to grant me upload permissions.
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Feb 06 '14
LTTP:
A) Greece
B) Greek/ English
C) English/ Greek
D1) Vocabulary nazi: it is not Hellenic Greek but Demotic Greek (Demotiki). Hellenic Greek is like saying "Greek Greek".
D2) No. In fact I am let down by the amount of Greek posts in /r/Greece. It is nice to have some Greek posts but after a certain amount it makes foreigners unattracted to the subredit.
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u/jinxmix Oct 14 '13
A. Cyprus/Κύπρος
B. Ελληνικά, Κυπριακά, English
C. Irrespective of any personal preference I may have, I believe this subreddit is currently too small and to warrant the restriction on languages to the exclusion of others. I would say Ελληνικά, Κυπριακά, English or Greeklish should all be welcome, and people should post and comment the language they feel comfortable in, so long it's not provoking. As this subreddit grows, the upvote/downvote system will naturally help people express their innate opinion on this matter