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Turkish Web Speak - voyn
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10.       gokuyum
5050 posts
 04 Nov 2011 Fri 11:59 am

There is no such a Turkish word as voyn. It must be something different.

11.       beaton30
73 posts
 04 Nov 2011 Fri 12:48 pm

Gokuyum, according to this article it´s a word used in local Turkish dialects in, amongst other places, Fethiye. http://www.eksisozluk.com/show.asp?t=voyn&iphone=1&__target=Topic118111121110. That would explain why it is used on the Fethiye Facebook page, where I have also seen it written as woyn and wooyn (no doubt for effect). Whether it is an ´actual´ turkish word should be decided by turks. We have words in my local English dialect (Brummie - from Birmingham) which are not recognised as proper words by all English people.

12.       tunci
7149 posts
 04 Nov 2011 Fri 03:25 pm

 

Thats good beaton that you are curious about the regional accents or sayings, but at the end of the day that word is not counted as "Standart Turkish Word " as it is only used in a small region. what I mean is that if you stop 100 people randomly on the street in Ankara  and ask them if they know what "voyn" means I am 100 percent sure they will say that they never heard that word before or they will just speculate on it.

 

 

13.       beaton30
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 04 Nov 2011 Fri 05:07 pm

Thanks Tunci for the explanation but as I normally go to the Fethiye region when I holiday in Turkey I was curious to know what the word meant. When I first raised the question I had no idea it was a regional word only as I mistook it for a web abbreviation. When I next visit Ovaçik near Fethiye I will use voyn and see if I get a reaction. I will remember not to use it when I visit Istanbul next October though {#emotions_dlg.bigsmile} 



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