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Spoonerisms and Satire
Often during his speeches Costas Simitis would mess his words . Newspapers refer usually to his spoonerisms, which are known as "Simitis's spoonerisms" . Sometimes his words made no sense at all, e.g. Ευτευτέστετε (it is not a word), wilst other times the meaning was changed to a high degree sending a different political message. The press made fun of his spoonerisms and there were comments for "hidden truths" . His spoonerisms were also used in TV-shows which satirised the former prime minister, such as the highly watched TV-shows "Malvina Hostess" and "Diaplekomenoi Α.Ε." .

Object of satire was also his personal appearance, he is referred by the people (and sometimes by the media) as "Κινέζος" (Chinese) . Actor Antonis Kafetzopoulos noticed that Costas Simitis "can't control his neural system. He has an eye-spasm!" . TV-show "Diaplekomenoi Α.Ε." satirised his height and showed him dressed in Napoleon uniform. His facial moles were exagerated in shows, and in political comics he was drawn in a similar way, as in newspaper "To Vima". On the other hand it has been supported that Costas Simitis, because he was in lack of a political leader's appearance and because it was hard for him to make public speeches, wouldn't rely on communication techniques, but he was based on politics

Notable spoonerisms

 * "Isn't this plan a maketo?" (instead of maketa - scale model)
 * ("Δεν είναι τούτο το έργο μακέτο;")


 * "There exists an invisible plan and maybe not so obvious about the deadlines"
 * ("Υπάρχει ένα χρονοδιάγραμμα αόρατο και ίσως όχι τόσο φανερό όσον αφορά τις ημερομηνίες")


 * "Ladies and ladies"
 * ("Φίλες και φίλες")


 * "As the county-governor said there exists wild/farmers' population"
 * ("Όπως είπε και ο νομάρχης υπάρχει αγριοτική αγροτικός πληθυσμός")


 * "This government has established police erm... democracy"
 * ("Αυτή η κυβέρνηση έχει προωθήσει πολύ την αστυνομία, έεεε... τη δημοκρατία")


 * "Efteftestete"
 * ("Ευτευτέστετε")