After spending her teens in WW2 with her village occupied by Nazis, yiayia is celebrating her birthday today, at the age of 89.
In colloquial language, Greeks measure age according to the next birthday you are going to celebrate. Hence, from today onwards, she counts as a nonegenarian.
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In colloquial language, Greeks measure age according to the next birthday you are going to celebrate. Hence, from today onwards, she counts as a nonegenarian.
©All Rights Reserved/Organically cooked. No part of this blog may be reproduced and/or copied by any means without prior consent from Maria Verivaki.
Maria, is this YOUR Yiayia?
ReplyDeleteI don't like the idea of counting my age by the next year. It's one milestone I want to avoid!