A Conversation for Corfu Town, Corfu, Greece
Pardon me, but ...
Fathom Posted Jun 27, 2003
You say that about half the male population is called Spyro. I think that should be 'Spiros'.
Excellent article - brought back some nice memories.
Corfu is beautiful and a great holiday choice. There are other things you could have mentioned about Corfu (Gerald Durrell, olive trees) but if you are concentrating on Corfu Town, perhaps not. I believe Corfu Town has the only cricket pitch in Greece, as a consequence of its brief spell under British rule.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jun 27, 2003
Spyro or Spyros, it's a matter of taste. Greek men have names ending in -os, but when you address them, you drop the s, so it's just as usual to leave the s out when giving the name. As for Spiro or Spyro, that's just transliteration - unfortunately, there is no standard way of transliterating Greek. The method I use leaves the Upsilon as Y rather than translating it to I.
There's another entry on Corfu Island which I'm working on at the moment. It mentions the Durrells and other things.
Pardon me, but ...
Fathom Posted Jun 27, 2003
I didn't know about dropping the 's' - just thought it was a typo.
I'll look forward to the Corfu entry. We had a really great holiday there in (I think)1996. Must go back some time.
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Jun 29, 2003
Great entry! I lived in Corfu (in the village of Potamos) when I worked at the Kerkyra Golf Hotel in 1980, and I regard being on that island as a peak experience. I hope tourism hasn't changed it too much.
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