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[Baba Alex]

[lovelace]

But the spitting and screaming at wife incident happened at Taksim Square and no-one said a word. All kinds of people just walked by. Do you think that would that happen in every country?
I'm genuinely asking the question here...

[Baba Alex]

[lovelace]

Oh, I'm depressed now...

[Sheikh Inal Ovar]

I can't imagine many people on their way to the tube-station intervening in a domestic dust-up between a crusty couple who appeared to be rather worse for wear ....

Before even getting close, the battling couple would have joined forces against the kind citizen with a barrage of "What the f*** you looking at PAL" .. "****" ... "go-on av im .. the w****er" ... beer bottle crashes on kind citizen's temple ... brains sludge over pavement ... "Giss us a kisss bayb"

[justme]

There's some truth to that. I remember my dad once stepping in to stop another dad whaling on his kid in public, and he just got popped for his efforts. Worse, my dad realized he probably made it even worse for the kid once they were gone...

[dmb]

[Sheikh Inal Ovar]

Bearing in mind there is also such a thing as a Glaswegian Kiss ... one wonders ... would it take much to repair the city walls?

[lovelace]

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/index.php

[Sheikh Inal Ovar]

I couldn't find anything about containing the Glasgow crisis ...

[Delpha]

One of the first things I noticed about the Turks in my English class was that they sometimes hit each other. I mean, these are adults smacking a classmate on the back of the head (...for using the wrong verb) . It was especially true if the students knew each other well. It seems like the more friendly you are with someone the safer it is to give a wallop.

On that note I learned the Turkish saying (sorry using my American keybord so the spelling is wrong).

Hem severim hem doverim....

-D

[whynotme]

[whynotme]

[almuze]

so long as common turkish sayings are being explained,

could someone explain the thinking behind teachers telling their sts they will "throw them out the window" if they misbehave?

The window in particular seems to be a popular spot to throw cok yaramaz children out of.

If I said this to a student in the states I would be brought up on discipline charges. Here, (in my little world) it is almost a scripted response.

Does the "out the window" amplify "throw"? maybe "seni atacam" means something else in this context?

My lovely turkish spouse, father of my children, tells me to stop being so sensitive, anybody (child or adult) should be able to figure out that of course they *wont* be thrown out the window, only an idiot would be scared by such a threat. (This threat gives my oldest stomach cramps, so I tell her not to listen to her teacher)

I seem to be rambleling. the excitment of making a post on Dave's has gone to my head.

I would say there is definately more "open" violence here than your average WASP american area, but this way at least everyone knows who to aviod. I told my kids if anyone shoves them at school they should shove back. "the ayak! oh no! the ayak!"

[whynotme]