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Online Turkish Language Learning Tips, Tipoffs, Tricks, Traps, Techniques, Curiosities, and Oddities... Naughty Turkish Euphemisms Related Pages: Other 'Tips' pages Profiles of the Turkish People The Turkish Kinsey Report Gossipy Turkish Who's Who The Lying Eyes Club of Turkey Turkish Culture -- Two Turkish traditions we especially like Turkish Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Turkish Culture -- 5 things you should do in Turkey Turkish Superstitions Turkish Circumcision Ceremonies Circumcision and what many Turks believe about Westerners Also: Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies Newsreaders Encyclopedic Dictionary, Index Mature Foreign British Bride in Turkey Mature Foreign Swedish Bride in Turkey Hear ye! This mini-article now includes a language-point video clip. Please see and hear it via the link, a little further below... Several months ago, the Turkish advertising world was turned upside-down when the FINDIK TANITIM GRUBU aired a humorous TV ad in which they touted their product (hazelnuts) by using an invented, new Turkish euphemism. Euphemism -- a mild, indirect, or vague expression used in place of a more direct, explicit, or offensive one. Like: rest-room or water-closet for toilet... We hesitated to bring it to your attention at the time, not because of its naughty overtones, but because we feared it might be a 'flash in the pan'. Well, it's clear now that it's here to stay -- the TV ad-campaign expanded to include the print medium, a second TV ad has now been aired, and there are more in the works. So, we won't hold back any longer! Use 'Print Preview' or right click-the advert for englargement and legibility... or Left click the advert for a language-point video clip. (A 1 MB Windows Media Video .WMV file) Starting in the middle of the picture, the ad says: "A handful of hazelnuts every day is good for you." Then continuing under the picture... They're good for high-blood pressure, for cholesterol, for anemia, for sleeplessness, they give energy, make the skin youthful, strengthen bones and teeth and besides that...[they give you] sexual potency! Pronounced: ah-gah-nee-ghee nah-gah-nee-ghee March 2000 Updated: August 2007 Learn another 'naughty' euphemism using şey; thing... Related Pages: Other 'Tips' pages Profiles of the Turkish People The Turkish Kinsey Report Gossipy Turkish Who's Who The Lying Eyes Club of Turkey Turkish Culture -- Two Turkish traditions we especially like Turkish Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Turkish Culture -- 5 things you should do in Turkey Turkish Superstitions Circumcision and what many Turks believe about Westerners Also: Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies Turkish National Election, 2007 Newsreaders Encyclopedic Dictionary, Index Mature Foreign British Bride in Turkey Mature Foreign Swedish Bride in Turkey Language-Learning Related Pages: Translating Turkish, the basics Essential Turkish Vocabulary Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Essential Suffixes, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Accenting Numbers in Turkish Other Turkish Difficulties Unrelated fun: Habibullah and the Great Cannon Caper A simple Turkish 'thing'... Turkish Belly Dancers Sneeeezing in Turkish Turkish Terms Of Endearment Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Off-Color Turkish Turkish Conventional and 'Erotik' Movies, Index The World's Worst Sport Novelty Turkish Wedding Invitations

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