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Is "loukaniko" the general word for a sausage in Greek or just for a particular type of sausage? In Bulgarian a similar word ('лукан(ь)ка' /the ь is silent/) means а kind of dry salami, similar to sujuk.
PS The word itself comes from the name of an area in Southern Italy, called Lucania. For those who want a hint that would help them learn the word, note that lycan means a werewolf... and werewolves' favourite snack is meat.
In fact you can eat a type of sausage in northern Italy called "Luganega". It comes from the sausages, the "Lucanica", that roman soldier discovered when they first conquered Lucania region.
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Interesting. The great Greek philolog Babiniotis says in his dictionary that λουκάνικο comes from Lat. lucanicum from Lūcāni = people in South Italy who could make sausages. Apparently he talks about Lucania
There's a joke about this:
There was a couple once, and they had a baby boy. However, they couldn't agree about how they should name him. The father wanted to name him Loukas, while the mother wanted to name him Nikos.
Since they couldn't come to an agreement, they just named him Λουκάνικο. The end.
Stupid joke, but meh, whatever.
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Good mnemonic. It makes it easier to remember the word.
Loukas and Nikos like sausages. Just kill all "s" and you get:
Louka + Niko = sausage!
Am I imagining things or does φρ sound like an f? I could be totally out of my mind here :)
φ - phi, pronounced f. ρ - rho, pronounced r. So it should sound like fr like in fresh.
My correct answer is declared wrong. I don't understand the reason there of
And as I said above we cannot see your answer so I cannot yet tell you why it was rejected. If you make the Report we will be able to help.
I have typed Το φρέσκο λουκάνικο as my answer twice and had it rejected. Why?
It looks fine to me, but you have two zero-width spaces after the regular space between φρέσκο and λουκάνικο; perhaps it's got to do with that?
The comment right above yours explains what to do when your sentence is not accepted.
I have had the correct answer on this several times, and it keeps saying it is wrong. What i have entered matches 100% what the screen tells me is the correct answer, yet, it always does not accept it. Probably 20 plus times now.
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Get wrong answer though it is right spellin! Why ? Το φρέσκο λουκάνικο
It looks fine to me, but you have two zero-width spaces after the regular space between φρέσκο and λουκάνικο; perhaps it's got to do with that?
Mizinamo, 4 months ago
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I'm half Greek Cypriot and was brought up with λουκανικα being a specific type of sausage. So seems odd to me that this is being used as a general word... Not sure if it's a Cypriot dialect thing or the 'α' rather than 'ο' on the end making a difference...
Yes, and we agree but since there is no specific English word for real "λουκανικα" we used the general term to help learners understand what it is.
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Thanks for responding. Can 'Loukanika' be accepted as an answer then? Or is there concern that others will use it without 'understanding' the meaning?
That's a good point. In my experience, I've seen a lot of Greek dishes used in their generic form...gyros, tzatziki, etc but I've only seen "loukanika" as "Loukanika: Greek sausage". And I did a lot of googling to check it out with it only being shown in Greek restaurants (and I even found some enticing recipes...)
So, it might be hard to understand. I will add it as an alternative Eng. translation and check with the team about making it the primary translation.
Thanks fo your suggestion.
