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Ludo

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greece grafitti
« on: March 20, 2019, 06:09:16 PM »


spintop grafitti in greece
« Last Edit: March 20, 2019, 11:34:19 PM by ta0 »
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2019, 06:15:47 PM »

Interesting! Wonder what it says.
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2019, 09:31:41 PM »

Interesting! Wonder what it says.
I'm not an expert but I think it says Relampago Spintops.  ;)
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2019, 11:44:45 PM »

I'm not an expert but I think it says Relampago Spintops.  ;)

You know, I think you're right!
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2019, 11:46:31 PM »

The upper word is very close to sboúra, which in fact is spinning top in Greek.
If I put Antifa on google-translate I get "contrary" or "contradictory". Perhaps it's a resistance group named spintop?  :P
But he Greek letter beta looks more like a capital B and the "ú" appears changed for "y", perhaps to read "boy" on purpose.  :-\
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2019, 01:22:04 AM »

cool find !
it seems to be made with a stencil ..
thanx Ludo and tell Kostas to look for more >:D

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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2019, 07:00:51 AM »

Very interesting graffiti.  Yes, with a stencil there have to be a bunch more around the area.  Those "spintop boys" or "contrary twirlers" must have been getting around.

By the way, I had a good laugh with jmadrigal's response.  Thanks for the smiles!!!
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2019, 08:41:38 AM »

spintop greek report bye ludo
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2019, 09:08:39 AM »

Interesting! Wonder what it says.
I'm not an expert but I think it says Relampago Spintops.  ;)
;D Can't stop laughing.
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2019, 12:54:55 PM »

I thought that graffiti was bad in Montevideo, but Athens seems to be worse!

Another photo from Karine showing the domains of the spintop rebel boys:



PS: Ludo, I cannot access you Facebook Greek report (do I have to be your friend?  :P )
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2019, 02:14:44 PM »

OK YES BE MY FRIEND  BYE LUDO
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2019, 08:46:38 AM »

The upper word is very close to sboúra, which in fact is spinning top in Greek.
If I put Antifa on google-translate I get "contrary" or "contradictory". Perhaps it's a resistance group named spintop?  :P
But he Greek letter beta looks more like a capital B and the "ú" appears changed for "y", perhaps to read "boy" on purpose.  :-\

Some lights needed here:
Prononced "svoora" yes the first word is the greek name of spinning tops
Antifa is just a shorter for Anti-fascists
Looks like we have an anti fascists group of spinners there... COOL!!!
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Re: greece grafitti
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2019, 12:43:24 PM »

Antifa is just a shorter for Anti-fascists
Thanks. I should have figured that out. I guess it's a happy coincidence that the word means "contrary" in Greek.
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