"I'm going to tahora (sp?)." What does "tahora" mean when joking?

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"I'm going to tahora (sp?)." What does "tahora" mean when joking?

When my Arberesh grandmother was going out and we'd ask her where she was going she'd answer with a smile, "I'm going to tahora." I always guessed she was joking that she'd been invited to the manor house, a place she'd have been unlikely to be invited to in her home village of Santa Christina, Sicily. Was I right?

2007-01-13 07:00:58 · 2 answers · asked by I wonder 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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Tahora is the name of a couple of small settlements in New Zealand.

I guess what she wanted to say was something like "Mind your own business" but in a soft and nice way.

2007-01-13 12:22:41 · answer #1 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It's a place in New Zealand!

2007-01-13 15:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by firebabe1717 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋