Linguistics … against Babiniotis with the cartoonist Hantzopoulos – The ironies of both sides | HELLAS

A linguistic dispute broke out between George Babiniotis and the cartoonist Dimitris Hantzopoulos.

The cartoonist for the daily “Kathimerini” Dimitris Hantzopoulos satirized George Babiniotis and his surname with his sketch, on the occasion of the professor’s latest interventions in the use of foreign phrases in our daily lives. “And you, George, insist on the Babiniotis of Italian origin, from bambino, while we have exquisite Greek names, like Mikroutsikos and Morakis,” writes the controversial sketch in the caption.

For his part, Giorgos Babiniotis could not stop responding to this sketch and did so through social networks with a long post entitled: “D. Hantzopoulos, host or innkeeper?”.

George Babiniotis’ Post: “With a humorous sketch by talented” Kathimerini “cartoonist Dimitris Hantzopoulos presents me with a satirical humor to propose himself by my last name, probably mentioned in Italian. Bambino, surnames containing translations of Italian words like” little “or” baby. “Thus, the illustrious cartoonist gives me the opportunity to propose, based on the same principle, as a translational self-proposal, the translation of the surname of Hantzopoulos, referring to the Turkish” inn “. [μεταφορά τού τουρκ. han < περσ. hān «οίκημα για διανυκτέρευση (και για ζώα) – καραβάν-σαράι»], by Han[ι]tzopoulos in "Xenistis" or "Pandocheus". Double choice too. Unless, for reasons of etymological transparency, I keep it as Hanitz-kulos.

The fact that I never mentioned the main names, but this time the series introduced lockdown, delivery, takeout, click, quick test, Black Friday (stores sold turkey for Thanksgiving, while early November some celebrated Halloween) etc., it didn’t stop the elite cartoonist (I mean) from satirising my last name “cartoon”. I try, linguistically myself, the same. He started… “.