Greek

[Peter Trudgill]

Can native Greek speakers confirm that, as I believe, Greek 'ti ora?'
= "what time?"is used with an emphatic negative meaning or at least
to express strong scepticism? The usage seems to me to be relatively
jocular.
--
Prof. Peter Trudgill
Chair of English Linguistics
University of Fribourg
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