Day: November 9, 2010

a blogger's view of Romania, crappy guides to Romania, off the wire

New York Times, Cluj Photos, an idiotic Australian and Mormons Carving Pumpkins

Wow, interesting little grab bag for today. First off, probably the creepiest blog I’ve ever seen, this one from a Mormon missionary. This one is about “celebrating Halloween” in Romania and I have to again ask – WTF? This is not even close to being a Romanian tradition. Nor, did I think, was it a religious holiday. I thought (devout) Christians didn’t get into all … Continue reading New York Times, Cluj Photos, an idiotic Australian and Mormons Carving Pumpkins

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Romanian language, Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Iar

Speaking of absolutely no Slavic influence whatsoever in the Romanian language, it’s a good time to look at the word iar (yar). If you are a native English (or Italian/Spanish/French etc) speaker than you have to understand that in some *coughcough* languages there’s actually two ways to say the word “and”. If you’re a beginner student of the Romanian language the word you need to … Continue reading Word of the Day: Iar

Unknown's avatarSam Cel Roman3 Comments