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Welcome to San Stefanos (NW Corfu) => San Stefanos news and views => Topic started by: debra on February 18, 2013, 08:51:19 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbznuCWM5s&feature=youtu.be
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Wow!! That's beautiful!
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And we all know who took the video, don't we???
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Thanks Debra, it is a beautiful. :)
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Thanks Debra, it is a beautiful. :)
very nice
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who took the video?
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The name of the camera man is Kapobitsos, all Greeks have a third name, a nickname. The nickname Kapobitsos/Kapovitsos belongs to an hotel owner who has a house on the beach. He is also related to the owner of The Little Prince.
Have a guess!!
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Spiros - Nafsika?
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Yep, you've got it, Speros not Spiros, Jimbo won't agree
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i did wonder when I typed it!
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SpEros is a pseudonym - like Waspman. There's a very good reason for it. Ask the man himself.
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SpEros is a pseudonym - like Waspman. There's a very good reason for it. Ask the man himself.
If Speros wants to call himself SpeRos, that's his choice and we should respect it. It is a pseudonym, the same as many on this forum.
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Jimbo - am getting a little confused..................His name really isn't Speros????
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Just looked on facebook where Speros himself writes his namwe as Spiros - oh dear - perplexed! :P
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He also calls himself Speros on Facebook.
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Ask him for the story. It's a phonetic issue, and perfectly logical.
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http://www.facebook.com/spiros.kapovitsos
this was with the rainbow video! Am definitely con fused - and yes, Jimbo will ask him if I get the chance
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I'm sure Spiros/Spyros/Speros won't mind if I explain...
The Greek name Σπύρος is a short form of Spyridon - as in the patron saint of the island. The third Greek letter is upsilon, which is maybe halfway between the u in "put" (southern English pronunciation) and "ee" like in the vowel in "peach." English does not have an exact equivalent of upsilon, so the normal transcription to English characters is either i or y - Spiros or Spyros.
Spiros (and cousin Dmitris - Little Prince) were educated in America. Americans are utterly incapable of pronouncing any foreign language correctly. They will almost always pronounce a "foreign" i as "eye" - for example the ancient city of Delphi, which should be pronounced THE-ell-phee they will say as Delph-EYE.
Spiros told me he was fed up with having his name pronounced SPIE-ross, so he at first altered it to Speeros for popular consumption, and then thought that was inelegant, so contracted it to Speros. Like so many things in life, these accidents of history remain, and depending on the weather, the phase of the moon and so on he will either write it as Spiros or Speros. Ultimately, it is Σπύρος.
Asking Σπύρος about his name is a good excuse to go and have some fabulous food at Nafsika. I'm already looking forward to it!
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Thank you SO much Jimbo for a very clear explanation. I don't need an excuse to go and try the food at the Nafsika - I love it there -we have stayed there often - our very first trip to Ag Stef found us staying at the Nafsika for a wonderful two weeks - oft repeated.
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I think of the team at the Nafsika at our first visit as the 'dream team' - there was Speros, Vangelis (luvely jubbly breakfast and lunches man), Costas (the sweet man now visited at Gravia), George (the one eye on the talent that is passing man) and quiet and shy Chris. Was an amazing mix.
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I have always known him as Spiros - since we first met in 1983, and he has always been helpful and a mine of information...