TRUTH or MYTH: Greeks (+ Greek-Canadians) React to Stereotypes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2018
- From the loudness to hairiness to the laziness... Greeks react to some of the most common stereotypes. (Oh and second-generation Greeks as well)
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I do say “opa” a lot but not in the way most foreigners would think. I usually use it as “oops” when I trip or drop something. I’ve never in my life said “opa” in the sense of “let’s drink and have fun”, ever.
OMG Sameeeee1 xD
Lol same word and the meaning too in Russian
Same same same
Same except when someone dance and I clap them I say opa in an event
I use it the same way... And I am Greek. Don't worry about it. 😂😂
I love Greek people, Greece was actually the only place apart from my country where I felt "like home" too.
where are you from actually?
@@legendaryhuntertutorialsti6713 hi, I'm from Argentina. From your profile picture, I guess you're from Russia and let me tell you that I had a great time there too (I went to Moscow and St. Petersburg last year in August and this year in April)
same here! when I was in Greece i woke up every day wondering what could I do to just stay there lol
@ActionGamingDotCom thanks so much, I will definitely visit Greece again in the near future.
mine (apart from Greece) was Italy. haven't visited Spain yet
I LOVE Greek people and culture! Simply elegant, beautiful, warm people. 😍😚
Thanks!! You are so sweet!!
@@TheWhyeiYesss! Greeks and us Italians are so comparative in culture; the food, family values, work ethic, etc. A perfect match! Loud, loving, free-spirited...😍
@@stefanmarchione6757 I agree! ♥️
Aww thank you! ☺️☺️
Stefan Marchione Greeks love Italians too. Especially mr. Matteo Salvini ;)
I love Greece and greek people! Love from Brazil
Livia Salgado
Thank you! And we love Brazilian people !! (especially women ...) 😉
I love Brazilian people.
Agree with you Livia, because i am a brazilian guy but was born and grew up inside a greek family , my father/mother are greeks imigrants, i speak regular greek and crazy all times to planing another new travell to Greece ! Giassas !
@greg oscar Do not worry about brazilian corruptions because with this new president Bolsonaro , all this is gonna progressively fixed. Give some time and you will confirm this !
Μόνο που μένουμε με τους γονείς μας κυρίως γιατί δεν έχουμε λεφτά να φύγουμε.
Μην γενικεύεις
@@petrosantoniou2147 ε καλά σίγουρα υπάρχουν κι αυτοί που έχουν βολευτεί και δεν είναι θέμα χρημάτων. Όμως εγώ προσωπικά αυτό βλέπω στην καθημερινότητά μου.
@@malolelei3937 Im talking with a person from the same country,why should I speak English to him?
@@malolelei3937 My comment wasnt ment to be agressive or something like that,I was just wondering why should I speak english with a fellow Greek and you answered me thats all.Peace✌
@@malolelei3937 I said "we live with our parents mostly because we don't have money to leave."
Greece with its people, culture and history was always a fascination of mine. Since I married a Greek woman it has also become my second home.
Greetings from a persian!
I LOVE Greek people. Love from Argentina malakas 💜😚
LOVE from Greece lovely Argentinian girl...💓
hold on 😂.. who told you about the word "malakas" and what did he/she say the translation was???
@@MJspidey ela. I have some Greek friends that's why I know. I didn't mean to be rude just in a friendly way
Natalie Park
No don't worry, i wasn't offended 😂
well.. just a little tip then.. "malakEs" with an "e" in the end is for many people,
and "malakAs" with an "a" is for one person only and it's mostly used for men.
:), i'm sorry if my english wasn't perfect, i'm still learning, i'm from Cyprus
@@MJspidey don't worry, English is not my first language, I'm learning as well. I didn't know that, thank you for the tip !! 👌👌✨✨💃💃
Literally Greece has the most working hours in whole Europe but the people get a few money and everyone says "Greeks are lazy".
Germany is the absolute opposite.It has the least working hours in whole Europe but the people get a lot of money and everyone says "Germans are overworking"
That's really unfair if you think about it.
That's not unfair, we Germans are just more efficient. ;)
Whatever they say, the whole of Europe and frankly the world owes so much to the Greeks. Without the Greeks we wouldn’t have had the Islamic golden age, and in turn the Renaissance and reformation in europe wouldn’t have happened and Europe would still be in a dark age. Also Rome based most of their culture, literature, highlife, building, academics, etc. on Greece. The Greeks were many a time great, but now they’re just resting.
Yep that works also for southern italy. People get exploited by employers and paid like shit, extra hours of work not paid, no vacation but they say we don't work
@@solokom the fact that you're more efficient doesn't make them lazy, so yes, that's unfair
@@hofame8562 una fazza una razza friend 😔👊🏻 🇬🇷💛🇮🇹
Can you PLEASE make a “You Know You are Dating a GREEK Man When...” video??? Pleeeeeeaaaaseeeeeee?? Greek guys are just 😍😍😍
@Marlyn Aren't they?! LOVE Greek men; gorgeous male specimens! 😍😛😋
Marlyn no
True, lucky me, I'm Greek and in Greece😂
Oh I can tell you that. It's when he tells you he's greek.
lol, are we really that irresistible?...
I’m not Greek but I love anything Marina puts out.
Well, thank you for the flattery 😝
Una faccia una razza! Love from Italy brothers! ❤️🇮🇹🇬🇷 (but you should be less aggressive with women, the key is simple charm 😉)
No, I'm Greek. Έλληνας είμαι και δεν θα έπρεπε να λέμε ότι είμαστε ίδια ράτσα με τους Ιταλούς ούτε ότι είμαστε αδέρφια. Με μια ματιά στην πρόσφατη ιστορία του περασμένου αιώνα θα δείς πόσο πούστικα μας έχουν φερθεί σε διάφορες περιπτώσεις.
aggressive? excuse me since when?? xD
Χτυπημα κατω αποτην ζωνη.ΚΑΡΧΙΑΑΑΑ!!!
Mi dispiace ma ti sbagli e anche troppo! Almeno in Grecia non supplichiamo le ragazze per uscire con noi! E te lo dico come un greco che vive in Italia da 15 anni ormai e la mia ragazza è italiana! Quindi kkthxbb!
giorgio ciaravolol Well said 😄😉
Much love from Lebanon, Greece is such a beautiful country
Hello neighbor
I think that all these questions can be applied to any southern European country (replace "OPA!" for "Mamma mia", "Joder" or "Caralho" and is the same question). We're all very close to our families, the moms and the grandmas are gods, it's normal to live with our parents until we get married, we're hairy (but we also take a lot of care for removing it), beautiful women and the Mediterranean cuisine is great. I loved this video and I love Greece, I think it's a paradise on earth. Hope I'll be able to go there soon and stay as much time as possible. Hugs and love from Italy ❤
Btw, I'm super fan of *μουσακάς (Mousakás)*
Who isn't!!!!
I couldn't agree more brother. Greetings from Greece
Opa is Albanian and not Greek or any other southeastern European. Albanians introduced Opa to Greeks and other south Europeans. Opa is used when you're partying, dancing, when you're lifting something or lifting a baby in the air.
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I wanna live in Greece, literally in love with Greeks they are so warm and nice and kind every minute that I spend in Athens was worth it . Love from israel 🇮🇱❤🇬🇷
Thank you Ioatem...😊
lotem asraf love to Israel from Greece 🇬🇷🇮🇱❤️
In Cyprus which again we speak Greek as the main language is exactly the opposite in most cases. (In my opinion)
@@simonikapsi8717 Have you been to the northern part of Cyprus?
@@shamil454 No and why do you ask? If you want to tell me that Turkish is also the main language, I already know it🙂
Love from Armenia to Greek people 🇦🇲🇬🇷💗💗💗
@Christiana James thank you so much 😍😍😍
@Christiana James 🇦🇲❤️🇬🇷 that was also greeks genocide. We will never forget Izmir pogroms of armenians and greeks
@@user-ud1oi4mb7k bro im not racist, unlike i do love Armenia and Greece as a Turkish. But we are in 21th century so why dont you forget the past? Live the present. Not live the past. Lots of love for two country
@@sedefyeler6212 easy to say that when it wasn’t your family and ancestors that suffered the genocides and massacres
We love Armenians!
Who doesn't LOVE feta?!
dorcolka011 Me...
Yeah, I'm from Greece but I never liked this cheese
greg oscar I don't eat this cheese but many people that I know who's eating feta they don't have odoriferous body odor, that is weird thing to say 😂😂
greg oscar wtf?! 😂😂😂
greg oscar Okay now you're fucking weird 😐
greg oscar 1st of all there's nothing to do my ethnicity with you saying weird stuff like drink me wtf? you don't even know me even if you knew me that's weird thing to say
2nd that's not humor, it's creepy and weird to say that for somebody you don't know, learn what's funny and what's not and then judge me because "you expected more from a Greek girl", racist weirdo
Feta is basically our religion lmao
Egrapses to frape la8os
Halloumi is my religion! LOL.
Can we include kefalotiri in that religion? haha
Φέτα ή θάνατος
OLGA CHATZIMITSOU no Jesus is the Religion
Calabrian people are the same. Magna Grecia is still alive 😂😂
Oh, that spot on the map is the only one I haven't visited yet in Italy! Be prepared bros! I will make that trip soon! You'll bring the pizza, I'll bring the feta and let the battle begin ;) :)
Calabria - Hellas♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Le bronzi di Riace al museo di Reggio di Calabria parlano ma senza dicono niente loro guardano sempre che la Grecia é tra noi
Yes all sothern italy is the same as Greece, I love it and I'm proud of our Ancient Greek heritage mixed with the Roman one
Ho fame actually Romans have Greek culture and origins
I love Greek and love their history.
As a Greek, i have to say that i agree with almost everything except the fact that we like to live with our parents until our 30s. It's not true.
Only a few people that i know still stay with their parents and its due to economical problems. I'm 21 and i left my house with the help of my parents when i was 17 and of course i'm not planning to get back or anything. And almost all of my friends they're planning the same thing.
And guys, we are not lazy. We work for at least 10 hours per day for 2-3 euros per hour. And some people they don't get payed for every extra hour that they work. And they don't complain cause they don't want to lose their job. And some of them do 2 jobs. It's bad. So don't say things like that.
I think that the new generations of Greeks in Greece are way more progressive and live by European standards and are much more open-minded.
(sorry for my english)
@@SRBOMBONICA86 As a fact Western civilization is inspired by Ancient Greece and godless tend to go with more educated.
@@dopumanu7710 education is meaningless ,it doesnt give true wisdom nor knowledge
I love Greeks!
And we thank you Elsa...❤
And we love you right back!!
In Greece, we don't say opa the way is mentioned, we use it more like "ooops". Not all greeks are hairy, or have black hair or dark complexion...I am blond, with green eyes and not very hairy. And we are not loud as other nations of Eastern and Southern Europe.
We are loud. Hairy no. Cypriots are very dark and hairy in the majority. But we are loud.
@@leeloodesebat941 we are not dark
We are loud af what's u mean😂
Νομίζω εννοείς ανοικτό καστανό χρώμα (μαλλιών), γιατί ξανθό δεν το λες
Greece is the best part of Europe, nicest people I ever met
Greece is also the poorest country in Europe
@Demy Troy I mean the poorest country in the European union, and Romania is Richer than greece
@Demy Troy anyway, greece is a poor country, it's really hard to live there
@Demy Troy Fyrom ? Since 2018 it's called "North macedonia"
God bless you Sir.
I am a Greek Cypriot and everything that the video mentioned is true (In my opinion of course). I must warn you that Greek people are really really loud😅. Whenever I speak, my mum would tell me to speak quieter.
I am proud to be a Greek!! 🤗
There's also the stereotype that Greeks are all closed minded and insanely conservative. Which they're really not, they're actually some of the most hospitable people you'll know. Get on a Greek person's good side and he'll treat you like you're family.
Not necessarily true. A lot of people in Greece's small towns are very close minded. Yes if they like you they will be hospitable though
@@tasospat4919 That's literally the case anywhere, people living in the countryside are always more Conservative and closed minded 😒
@@tasospat4919 But thanks for pointing that out
@@mujtabaawan8562 Small town doesn't necessarily mean countryside. Just a small population and much less area covered as opposed to cities
I live in Athens, more than half of the people I meet are racist, sexist, homophobic etc etc Greeks ARE conservative and they do tend to be close minded. It's an issue and it needs to be addressed
Greeks value their family the most and are tight with them like the Italians and Portuguese. It's the birthplace of democracy. They love their feta cheese! 🧀
Except that i am greek and hate feta cheese. The majority does but there will always be exceptions like me.
@@1276magaki Thank god I'm not the only one! 😂
@@1276magaki Haha, I have a Greek flatmate, and he hates feta, olives and fish!
Like Arabs too, family is very important🙏🏻
@@Amghannam I love all of those.
Ελληναρες που ειστε ?? 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
Εδώωωω😆
+Kenny Twd hahah malaka pantou oloi vrizete😂😂
Εδώ ρε συμπατριώτη!
ΕΔΏ!!!!!!!!!!!!ΕΛΛΑΔΑΡΑ!!!!!
Εδώ ρεεε
Love Greece 🇬🇷 form Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Love beautiful Ethiopia from Greece!
🇬🇷❤🇪🇹
Beautiful people, love from Syria
Ohhhh. There are so many Syrians here rn
@@kpap7487 he said love from syria implying he is in syria. Wtf is wrong with you greek people?
@@kpap7487 nobody likes erdoğan. Most turkish people dislike him anyway. But that doesnt give you the right to lash out on syrian people on internet who are being nice.
@@kpap7487 lol funny. They say the same about you greeks/eastern europeans in north america. Have a good day tho god bless you.
@@sacycalon4264 Tons of people like Erdogan.
5:00 Lazy? I would say the exact opposite. Hard working, industrious. That's my experience.
It all started with the Germans having such a negative opinion of greeks to justify their vicious + punishing austerity through loans with their banks. After all, Greeks had resisted the Germans the most in WWII & paid a steep price for it...
@@sakisgr1396 what do u mean resisted them the most?
@@maxdavis7722 read up on the fierce resistance of Greeks against the Nazis
@@sakisgr1396 read up on most countries resistance against nazis dude.
@@maxdavis7722 are you jealous or?
Greek girls seems so pretty...
Those are considered ugly in Greece
Juliano Marques seem
Petros Antoniou not exactly
@@cassiejms5431 lmao true
Yes,we are pretty 😉
You guys should do dating a Greek man
Wait...Guys should date a Greek man?LOL we Greeks are not gays(if thats what you mean)thats a well known stereotype coming from the ancient Greece unless if by "guys"you refer to women..because i noticed that Americans use the word "guys"even when they talk to women which is weird as fuck."a American walks up to a group of women"hey how's it going guys..?
@@VaGdude she said: you guys
Are greeks males not gay?
Depending on a study Greeks are the ones that work the most in Europe.
they don´t. They spend the most hours at the workplace and that is something different. Most of Greek people have no clue what efficiency is. They just start to work and hope to come to a good end - maybe. This is not true in the hospitality business, but show me some industries in Greece which are working efficiently and deliver a good quality in the same time. Believe me, I tried hard to work with producers from Greece in the middle of the crisis and it did not work out at all.
@Christiana James just saying, I spoke from personal experiences with small and mid range furniture producers who asked for cooperation and delivered (as sample!) low quality and not in time. And please check your stats - Greece was not "flourishing" before entering the EU, they even had to embellish their GNP figures to be accepted.
@Christiana James my Dear, Greek exists not even 200 years (and had a Bavarian king first, which I am proud of) so what "centuries" are you talking about? 1821, you learned that in school, or?
@@mucsalto8377 First of all learn some fucking English and some history before you speak. Second the Nation of Greece was founded after the rebellion of the 400 year slavery from the ottoman empire in 1821. Even though the whole world knows that Greece goes way back at 3000 B.C. Before the slavery every major city in Greece was considered its own Nation. That's why it doesn't appear as HELLAS that's the proper name for Greece. All in all we are one of the most ancient civilizations and we have the greatest history of them all. Ask democracy,maths,theater,architecture. And that's only the surface of the ocean. I hope you learned something today.
@@Staurostheo02 Nope. I did not, as I am very educated about the classic Greece states, the philosophy and their scientific achievements. But I read also the books written by the "tourists" visiting the ruins of Hellas in the 17th and 18th century and how they describe the population at that time. Mostly as illiterate peasants without any knowledge of their history. It is not only me thinking that there is no joint between the culture of the classic period and the Greece of modern times.
Accurate!! I'm American but my dad is Greek!! This is too accurate!!
Is he your real dad? If he is you are Greek too. You can't choose your ethnicity.
Pro MN i was coming to tell him exactly the same. American is just what state you belong to, Greek is his ethnicity.
@@timfronimos459 excuse me but all that are sentimental... irrelevant things (i wont use the other word for it). What you are is what you are, and no such subjective factors influence it. In your case since you are of mixed ethnicities, you are just Greek and Irish. 100% of the one and 100% of the other, since belonging to a nation means drawing or not your descendance from it. If people dont recognise thia fact it's irrelevant to it, after all most people dont recognise most facts.
I'm not greek but rather portuguese and I love this video. I know some Greeks and I knoe some attractive greek women. I like most of the women.
MACEDONIA KICEVO FYROM gypsies have Bulgarian teeth.
@MACEDONIA KICEVO So do Jews...because air is free!!!
I love Greece and Greek women are absolutely stunning women.
Ptolemy336VV it seems you don't know many greek women then
Casie Jms. Actually I know too many! They are not only stunning, they can be very strong, but also very gentle, warm, soothing and kind. They are great.
The beauty in Greece's culture is that women and men from regions all over Greece from Crete in the South to Macedonia and Thrace in the North, from the Dodecanese in the East to the Ionian islands in the west, the have all the variations there are from black hairs all the way to light blonde, to black eyes, hazel, green, blue, light and other color eyes.
Very diverse and absolutely gorgeous. I have traveled to many countries and most continents, and I have concluded that.
You want me to be fully open chart? Yes there are also a part of girls and guys that are overweight, but underneith I have always seen alot of baeuty as I can see that in people's faces. I know one personally. A girl called Artemisia a beautiful name. She was a bit overweight. years later I met her again. She was smoking hot. I have always said years before she was very beautiful. And bam. She came with sheer elegance, and great beauty. So when I say that I love Greece and that Greek women are gorgeous, I mean that based on 30+ times having traveled there, having met countless of people, been in all the cities, in many hangout spots where Greeks party, and so on and so on. Greeks are one of the most beautiful people there are in the world. And that is not only my honest opinion, many articles, charts, and so on say the same and ofcourse the definition and essence of what we hold beautiful today all started in Ancient Greece with Aphrodite that influenced history over the world.
Ptolemy336VV Well I live in Greece so I see more than a hundred every day. I know what I am talking about.
I already knew that. Same goes for me. I traveled all around Greece. I have been there many times 3-16 weeks, which I can perfectly conclude based on observation how things are. I don't need you for that. Also I don't know who you are or where you came from. But if its an Asian country like China, South Korea, India and so on then I can also say that the average beauty there is way lower than that in Greece, based on again many travels and observation. With lower I mean. way wayyyy lower. But then I do feel more sympathy and understanding for your opinion if you where Asian.
Many people there have besides from 99% black hairs/black eyes, depending on the region facial morphological features that are for me not something I find exciting. And some regions have on average facial features that I find more exciting as in beautiful. Also the bodies miss many great beautiful curve features while Greek women have in a perfect form. Great ,genuine, not too big in great harmony and balance. I don't like massive curves at all. But I don't like flatness either that you see alot in regions in eastern Asia. Or the somehow strange regions in eastern Asia where women despite being small had massive legs and calves that are way out of proportion. So there are many factors of beauty comes in to play. Then if I would talk about warmth, and inner self of Greek women I could make the most beautiful ode to them. But my point is clear.
Ptolemy336VV Lol I'm not Asian, I'm Greek. Also I see you mean that the Greek women have the 'perfect body'. This is very wrong. As you may know Greece is one of the countries with high percentage of obesity and it can really be seen even while walking down the street or when observing the nutritional habits. Also I agree that Greeks don't have ungly faces but you can't call them extremely beautiful, perfect, and all those things. And only because of the fact that I am Greek I am not going to say that we have the most beautiful faces.
Greeks are not lazy for sure ... that's a huge myth
All of these people were so nice. 😊 I've only visited Athens by now and I loved it. I like their food and culture. Love from Romania 🇷🇴 💙
Wow Arabs and Greece we share the stereotypes 💕 especially being loud X) lol
cuz we r mediterraneans
We greeks are louder ;)
@@tayebmarfoua9835 yeah we Mediterranean are the best 🙌
@@kkoron7908 hhhhh if this makes u happy then yeah 💕
I see both Greeks and Arabs in İstanbul and guys both of you are loud 😂😂 then i realise me and my friends are loud too 😂😂😂
hello greek people. i love feta too. great combo with melon & watermelon and whole green siders for the breakfast .. then many glasses of freshly brewed tea from "tea pot" after breakfast. it is like a ceremony to me ; ) yeah that's how you do when youre first generation expat.. finding grocery/stores you could find stuff your'e used to! and before i forget, OPA!
Try the "greek" sub. In a black(rye) bun, put a layer of feta, a few slices of tomato and olive rings, a little oregano and some olive oil and you're set. For an extra "mediterranean" flavour, mix in some sun dried tomato with the regular tomato slices.
hello Dimosthenis! thank you for taking time to write.. are you also an expat, living away from homeland? if so, how is it living abroad and how different food tastes compared to your homeland? ingredients, flavor etc..? i think this is a recipe for sandwich? i will try it, may be first order from restaurant, then prepare myself.. i'd really appreciate if you could suggest me a good greek olive oil brand.. i usually get italan olive oil: "celio" brand.. i would love to try greek olive oil.
No, I live in Greece, but in sandwich joints here, it's the go-to "Greek" sandwich, like having a horiatiki salad in a sandwich bun. As for olive oil, I guess Altis or Elais, or just about any that's from peloponesus(e.g. kalamata, sparta/laconia, messinia etc), crete or lesvos (I live in an agricultural area so I rarely have to buy branded olive oil).
ahh how great to live close to nature, lucky you..! thank you millions for suggestions.. i willl keep in mind to look for by locations.. peloponnese ones.. i can see some on the market where i live... including 2 you mentioned.. thank you thank you Dimosthenis!
(im not a sandwich guy but i will make this one;)
I LOVE being GREEK!!!!
Feta is life......
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@greg oscar it is your personal opinion , and you are being rude .
@greg oscar wtf?
@greg oscar stop drugs
@greg oscar You too 🙃
@greg oscar and I am proud of being a " typical greek woman "
Its funny, in Portugal we also say Opah or Epah as an exclamation we must've borrowed it from them.
Greek man: *exist*
Me A Italian: yes
One of my teachers that I had from the University I attended to when I was pursuing my Bachelor's degree was from Greece 🇬🇷
Thank you for the video. I liked it very much! Greetings from Greece! 😘
In Romania we also say "opa" and "hopa" as in "oops" or "wait whaaat" and other meanings depending on context.
they're so natural :D great video, great content. Greetings from a Turkish man and please make a video for Turkish People or Turkic People there is a lot of stereotypes about us.
Definitely not with other Turkic peoples but only with Anatolians. And there are reasons for that
@@tamerofhorses2200 Well to be honest every stereotypes exist bcs there are reasons for that actually. Only solution for that is meeting with ppl or going to those lands. And you are somewhat true about ur first sentence. Stereotypes occurs also because of politics. Europeans has stereotypes against Turkish and Mongol ppl cause of history, politics and media. And they are the stereotypes that always being myths.
exactly and mongolian one is the biggest myth like how do ppl beleive on thatt?
I was waiting for this one
Greece IS THE BEST
Greetings from Serbia❤☦❤
Hvala brate! Srbija je kao moja zemlja!
this was actually a really good portrayal of greeks ty!!💜
another informative video! i learn so many things from this channel!
We can all agree, when the party starts at 4: we start getting ready at 4:30
I had the opportunity visit Greece a few times. Beuatiful country, beuatiful people, wonderful food. Really love the sea food. ( pickled octopus).
Turks and Greeks are pretty similar ssjsks
Love from Turkey🇹🇷❤💙🇬🇷I've been to Greece many times and I loved it(Athens,Chios and Samos especially😍)The language and the music are great too.Btw,when I heard "OPA",I thought of Greece's 2010 Eurovision entry😂😂
love this so much
Awww I love anything Greek!
I like how the guy at 1:41 tries to show off his chest hair but he barely has any there lol
This is why we all love Thursdays. Entertaining videos in a timely fashion, while never forgetting the classic Marina humor. Now all we need is a YKYD video for Latvian women in Riga, Latvia...
I'm telling you, the Old Town here is gorgeous! :D
As an hispanic I relate to most of the topics! Thanks for the video!
Loved this video
I definitely learned a lot with this video! Great job Marina 😄 I had no idea opa was being used wrong outside of Greece. I do wish you could have asked how they felt about the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Russians also use opa.
This movie is hilarious!!!!!We are not feeling offended or anything like that.😁😁😁😀
Not a big fan of this movie! I prefer Mamma Mia... xD
DBermudez95 "opa" was used some years ago by a few older people. Not so much though. Also young people never use it nowadays. We say "opa" as a different word for "stop" but it's entirely different in tone. Not "ooopaaaa". But "Opa!".
The movie was funny but it was exaggerated in many ways. We see it with a smile.
i love feta cheese ❤❤❤❤, i'm mexican tho .
We Serbs use ОПА (OPA) when we are pleasantly surprised, so it's a same. Also we are welcome in the Greece, just like at home, you are safe to wear t-shirt Србија, even Golden Dawn love us.
I wanna date a greek guy, but after this video, I’m scared of his mom whom I’ve never met😂
“Opa” is also used in Portugal “Ó pá” since year 980, not sure if we stole greens 😂
But our “opa” is like “oh boy/man/girl/woman”
We usually use the exclamation "hoba" in Turkish. Probably kind of similar.
I HAVE to share this with my Greek buddy,......Nick!
Greece is beautiful with superb cuisine.
Just a quick note: Greeks do live with their parents until they are quite old but that's mostly due to ECONOMIC struggles!
So cool! Please do it with Spain! Curiously, some of the stereotypes are the same 😅
The best video about Greece! All the others are so inaccurate!! You actually had Greeks there! Amazing job!🇬🇷🇬🇷
Holy shit, I really didn't expect such to the point comments.
Very good sample you got there!
awesome!! 😊
i am turkish and all of these stereotypes match my people to like dayum so much alike
my dude, you have no idea how many times people ask me "Are you Turkish" or "Are you from the Middle East" it actually is starting to be a regular thing, might as well get a shirt that says "I'm Greek...and no, I know what you're asking"
Steam Gamer STG. HUNTER hahahahahahhhahaa our ancestors lived in peace and married each other but the new gen made it much worse
300 years of attacking the byzantine empire and 400 years of occupation and you call it peace?
but after that we did not have any war until the 1800s
@@mer5782 unfortunately the history cannot confirm your statement. You could make your research if you are interested...I wish you the best and soon to get free from the sultan
This is SOOOOOOOO true. Honestly I find it hard 5o believe that there wasn't a stereotype that we look Arabic. I get it all the time and I am starting to get a little annoyed. Greetings from upstate New York :)
Everybody confuses the lebaneses with the arabs, but we have a bit of lebanese, because you know, phoenicians were our best buddies all those years ago. Still, genetic studies showed that the famous greek gene is stil quite prominent.
I did not know neither of those things...I guess I still am learning more about my culture
You are from the same haploid group. You are genetically middle-eastern, but that is not an insult. :) Middle Easterners are very nice and nice looking! :)
Actually, Greeks look so much like Middle Easterners (not specifically Arabs). They have similar culture and looks.
Yeah I agree with this, a lot of Greek stereotypes are true 😂 my mom sent me and she said she was hysterical laughing 👏🏼💗
Good job guys!
Μπράβο παιδιά ωραίο βίντεο!
Thats so funny, cause in Brazil we say " OPA" too, and its exactly the same meaning
Wowwwwwww such a stange similarity to Iranians🤯 everything about personality was about us too.
I love greece from Iran💖💖🇮🇷🇬🇷
❤️❤️❤️❤️Persia
My Mom is a sweet and quiet person but when one of her sisters calls its like 500 db scream talking. Well I exaggerate but I really felt it from the beginning when the lady on the right said her Mom was loud.
I also remember my Yiayia drinking beers btb easily even at the age of 90.
Also wow, even the very very slight accent from Alexandra reminds me of how some of my family sounds. It might just be a placebo but I find it very heart warming, in a nuanced way.
I love it, subscribed.
Edit: Im canadian/greek as well. My parents and extended family are native to Greece. Northern and southern.
Loved this ahahaha
LOL now I knew where did we Egyptian get OPA from :D Hello from Egypt
I heard that Opa in Russia also!! In Germany is Opala!!!
Actually, Greece got it all from Egypt! LOL. Egypt and Greece share a long history of interaction but Ancient Egypt was there far before Greece reached its height of power. They took all knowledge mostly from Ancient Egyptian (Coptic, now) which in turn borrowed from Greek.
This video is MY WHOLE LIFE 😩😩😩😩😩😩😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You forgot to mention the all time classic reply of a Greek mother when her child tells her "Mom, I'm going out". "Wear a jacket!"
No, We use opa a lot!! “Opa, hold on” or when someone sneezes/ is excited / surprised , we are like “opaaa”
I am Greek and I am not really hairy. Breaking the myth!
2:26 In Brazilian Portuguese OPA is also an interjection meaning ''woops'', ''gee'' and some times is used as an informal greeting - a kind of ''what's up''
We actually use "opa" when something unexpected happens, ie we drop our phones.
basically "opa" means "stop". When in dancing it's more like "Ooooppaaa"...But nowadays it's not used.
We use it as "ups" too, or like "hold on a second"
Very accurate video! 😂
Hahahaha.. This was fun 😀
We have a lot of similarities.
Love from Turkey ❤️
I have known many Greek women. it's typically true!! One of the reasons I like Greeks so much.
That Chubby bit was 1000% on pint 😂😂
nice! thanks!
2:19 the guy on the right though!!! 😍😍
Greeks have some of the most beautiful women in the world! JS
Aww.. they are warm 💞
I love this video
I‘m from Montenegro/Kosovo and most of the things are similar here, I think it‘s just a balkan/south european thing rather than just a greek thing❤️❤️
I love our neighbours. We share an amazing history and have close temperament. Regards from Bulgaria!
P. S: Who doesn't love Feta!?
Very nice video!!!!!!!!!!
Hooray for once, accurate video!