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Wow! All of you are wonderful! Thanks to each and everyone. This is such great information and clears it all up for me. I didn't know that meaning/usage of για so you can see how baffling this line was for me. It's so exciting to learn something new! And yes, "loaded dice" or "the dice...

Hi Everyone, This line is from an old rembetiko song (1934) called Το φλιτζάνι του Γιάννη, and it's beyond me. I hate to keep bothering you with this stuff, but I love the music, and these lines drive me crazy when I don't understand them. (I'm actually compiling a glossary of words and lines...

Here's one more word from the same song. I can't tell whether it's feminine or masculine vocative. It isn't in the lyrics of the song, rather the musicians call it out to one another: - Ω, ρε χασίκλα - Τι είπες μωρή Μαρίκα My one good dictionary does give χασίκλα, η but defines it using all...

Hi Everyone, Here's another word from an old song, Ο Γιάννης ο χασικλής. From the context it looks like it means something like "the guy who takes care of the narghile", like it's a title for Γιάννη, but I obviously can't be sure. If it is a title for him, is the nominative form ο αργιλάς...

Thank you so much to everyone! I had a feeling that it was meant ironically or comically and that the registers were different, as you explained Sarant. Y'all are such nice people to help out us learners---many thanks!

Hi All, This phrase is in the song Τουμπελέκι τουμπελέκι, and while they discuss the word κασομπρά over at the rempetiko forum, they don't say anything about the του συρμού part; I'm sure it's because it's obvious to native speakers, but it's not so obvious to us foreigners! :confused: I...

Wow, thanks guys! That's great stuff! I didn't see that last one when I googled it, Pidyo. Thanks!

Here's another word from an old song, Μόρτισσα και αλάνης. I can't find this word anywhere, and googling it hasn't turned up anything much except a reference to a pilaf recipe (ατζέμ πιλάφι), musical mode (Μακάμ ατζέμ κιουρδί), and the lyrics to this song with a couple Youtube clips. From...

It's thanks to Sarant's excellent explanation of ψευτοαρπαγάνα that I looked at the lyrics to Είσαι φάντης again and rediscovered the line I asked about. I ran across your blog entry the other day, Sarant, and it's a delight to read. Thanks too for the γιουτουμπάκι!

Hi Nickel! It's so nice to hear from you again. And once again, you explained it beautifully. Commas can be so important, can't they? The way you explained it makes perfect sense. I really appreciate the help, as always. I wish there were some favors I could do for you in return for all...

Hi Everyone, This is a line from an old rempetiko song, Εισαι φάντης. If only κοπέλλα and νταρντάνα were reversed, it seems like it would make more sense. It seems to be saying, "and how you reduced me a girl like a big/healthy woman". Does the line mean "how you reduced me from a girl to a...