Saturday, May 15, 2010

Birth of a blog

I have considered myself to be many things, among them a çılgın kız - crazy girl - as many of my turkish friends call me, well, girl is a little bit of a euphemism. However, I never thought I'd see the day that I would become a blogger.

I know I can talk up a storm but writing was something I left to my husband and more recently my daughter. But after writing an account of a holiday in Turkey I have been encouraged to create a blog and so never one to refuse a challenge this is it.


6 comments:

  1. I'm with Stu on the question...super curious now....And would you say you are most inspired when you write about your travels?

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  2. Hi Stuart and Joy. Ç in turkish has a ch sound and the undotted ı is like the i in dirt or the vowel sound in fuss or plus. So çılgın kız sounds like chuhlguhn kuhz.

    Joy definitely İ find it easier to write about my travels. İ am not a natural writer, but İ love to have a laugh and often at myself. İ find the Turkish sense of humour similiar to the Irish but in many ways İ break all their notions of how things should be. Hubbie doesn't speak any Turkish so İ do all the talking. İ often travel alone, again not the done thing. This leads to some interesting situations and hence some good tales to tell. When İ'm at home, life tends to be a lot quieter. For obvious reasons İ rarely blog about school.

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  3. I'm with you on writing about travels. At one stage that was the only way I could write - when I travelled.

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  4. So now I know what Cilgin Kiz means. I'd been wondering. So glad you were encouraged, or took up the challenge, to write about your travels.

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  5. OH! I was always curious about what "cilgin kiz" meant. =) Now, I'll get around to spelling it correctly. =) So glad you started writing, Mary! Thanks so much for sharing this! =)

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  6. Hi Mary -

    I'm glad you visited Turkey and very glad you started blogging. I'm also glad to know you. :)

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