So a few times per day this guy, and similar guys, come through my street selling 2nd hand stuff from their carts. To let people know they’re there, they yell something like “Yehhhhhhh”. It sounds really weird. Like a very, very sick mule.
Besides these, we have accordionists walking the street, stopping on every corner to give their concert and wait for people to throw money out of the windows. Men that sell bread (they carry a huge stack on their head), gypsy women that sell flowers, people that collect water tanks to get them refilled for you… and I’m sure I’ll be seeing more of these professions soon… (and recording and uploading them of course ;-)).
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6 responses to “What’s this guy saying?”
Hi Bas,
Looks like free enterpirse is thriving in Istanbul then. Won’t be long before they have to get health and safety certificates and get taxed, especially if Turkey gets its foot into the EU (NO DON’T GO THERE – PLEASE!)
Thanks for your comments. May well be interested in pushing stuff to BG National Radio. Can I email you?
They say “Gel gel geeel..” which means “Come come come over heeeereee..” to be clear. You gotta keep up your language courses dus succes!
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Thanks for dropping by..:D
cheers!
Do you think they make any money? I have heard that they make a decent living sitting on the corner near a stop sign and asking for help. I am speaking of in the US.
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Hahah, I remember when we stayed at our Hostel in Istanbul, those guys would come by every morning with their trailer full of crap for sale.
We never figured out what they were saying…
thanks for dropping by and your comment. have a great weekend.