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Can you cite a source for that? Googling it only comes up with this particular comment.

by geewee 3y ago

SapporoChris 3y ago
I translated it to Greek and then searched. Not a great source, but a source. https://www.lexilogia.gr/threads/t%CE%BF-%CF%88%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%B7-%CE%B3%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B1-%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD-%CF%87%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9.9991/ https://www.lexilogia.gr/threads/t%CE%BF-%CF%88%CE%AC%CF%81%... "The saying goes «το ψάρι, το κοτόπουλο και η γυναίκα θέλουν χέρι», i.e. "you should use your hand for fish, chicken and women". It is usually used as a joke, in a familiar environment, in order to urge someone, usually a man, who is reluctant to use their hands to eat fish or chicken, and stick to using their knife and fork, because they are embarrassed to eat with their hands. An attempt at a definition: "you can't eat fish and chicken unless you grab them with your hand, and you should also use your hands on (your) woman". It is a play with the phrase "βάζω χέρι", which means to grope, to feel up. Not very politically correct, I know :)"
- geewee 3y ago
  Thanks!
- spapas82 3y ago
  Here's another source: https://www.paroimies.gr/paroimies.php?pid=3992 https://www.paroimies.gr/paroimies.php?pid=3992 (paromies/παροιμίες = proverbs) An older person told me that a lot of years ago when I was a child and was trying to eat a chicken thigh with fork and knife. Only understood the chicken part back then...
goda90 3y ago
I think this is more of a joke that has moved through a bunch of cultures. In Chile, when I started to use silverware on chicken, I was told(with a laugh) the only things they eat with their hands there is chicken and women. Of course that excludes all the things they eat on bread.

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Can you cite a source for that? Googling it only comes up with this particular comment.

by geewee 3y ago

Can you cite a source for that? Googling it only comes up with this particular comment.

SapporoChris 3y ago
I translated it to Greek and then searched. Not a great source, but a source. https://www.lexilogia.gr/threads/t%CE%BF-%CF%88%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%B7-%CE%B3%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B1-%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD-%CF%87%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9.9991/ https://www.lexilogia.gr/threads/t%CE%BF-%CF%88%CE%AC%CF%81%... "The saying goes «το ψάρι, το κοτόπουλο και η γυναίκα θέλουν χέρι», i.e. "you should use your hand for fish, chicken and women". It is usually used as a joke, in a familiar environment, in order to urge someone, usually a man, who is reluctant to use their hands to eat fish or chicken, and stick to using their knife and fork, because they are embarrassed to eat with their hands. An attempt at a definition: "you can't eat fish and chicken unless you grab them with your hand, and you should also use your hands on (your) woman". It is a play with the phrase "βάζω χέρι", which means to grope, to feel up. Not very politically correct, I know :)"
- geewee 3y ago
  Thanks!
- spapas82 3y ago
  Here's another source: https://www.paroimies.gr/paroimies.php?pid=3992 https://www.paroimies.gr/paroimies.php?pid=3992 (paromies/παροιμίες = proverbs) An older person told me that a lot of years ago when I was a child and was trying to eat a chicken thigh with fork and knife. Only understood the chicken part back then...
goda90 3y ago
I think this is more of a joke that has moved through a bunch of cultures. In Chile, when I started to use silverware on chicken, I was told(with a laugh) the only things they eat with their hands there is chicken and women. Of course that excludes all the things they eat on bread.