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When in Turkey I broke my collar bone. I was taken to the local hospital, and when asked what the problem was I pointed to my shoulder and told them that I'd broken my pig. Omuz = shoulder, domuz = pig. They looked at me blankly and I got annoyed that they seemed to think I was crazy.

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Omer, Ank 2011-03-21

@despina
Why interesting? Turkish and Greek people lived together for 1000 years.

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Despina 2008-06-01

Very interesting. In Greek it's called wmos, shoulder.

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