Oikoi anoxis on Filis Street: what the address really refers to, and what the area is like now Few street names in Athens carry as much shorthand as this one. Say Filis to an Athenian of a certain age and the association is immediate, in the way that certain streets in Hamburg or Marseille function […]
Πόρνες: τι εννοούν οι αναζητήσεις και τι υπάρχει πραγματικά στην Αθήνα Η λέξη γράφεται εκατοντάδες φορές τη μέρα στη μηχανή αναζήτησης από ανθρώπους που ψάχνουν εντελώς διαφορετικά πράγματα. Άλλος θέλει να καταλάβει τι ισχύει νομικά στην Ελλάδα, άλλος ψάχνει διεύθυνση, άλλος θέλει να κλείσει ραντεβού απόψε στις έντεκα και δεν ξέρει από πού να αρχίσει. […]
Prostitutes in Athens: the working models behind the word, and how a price is actually formed The English word prostitutes covers a set of arrangements that have very little in common with each other. Somebody working from a licensed premises in the centre, somebody advertising independently on a classifieds site, somebody represented by an agency, […]
Ierodoules: the history of a Greek word, and what it means when people search it today The Greek word ierodoules is written ιερόδουλες. It drags two thousand years of baggage into a search box. It is used in modern Greek newspapers and court reports as a formal, slightly archaic way of referring to women who […]