For Engrish Speakers: Uzina Urzicii Urziceni tuțicul bunicului unic cuburi de jgheaburi Pentru Vorbitori: I know our mythic history, King Arthur’s and Sir Caradoc’s I answer hard acrostics, I’ve a pretty taste for paradox I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus! Continue reading Tongue Twister Thursday
Okay really, I promise this is the last word for now. It was just too funny to pass up: Te-ai certat cu şeful? Te supără soacra? Te strâng pantofii? Cineva e gata să te asculte la Ambasada SUA. Or in English (my translation): Have you argued with your boss? Is your mother-in-law pissing you off? Are you shoes pinching your feet? Well, someone is ready … Continue reading Last Word For Now
Folks, I’m sorry to say this but it looks like my cats have also been caught up in the Wikileaks scandals. Noodles (on top in the picture above) was implicated in a 2007 scheme to defraud neighborhood cats of valuable napping time. Mr. Zig (bottom in picture above) is a well-known “Feline Baron” in Romania, who used his influence and wealth to appropriate an unfair … Continue reading Cat Scandal!
I’m not going to write continuously about Wikileaks and politics on this blog so this will be my last piece for the moment. But I do have a few additional things to add here, as last night I realized I’m coming at this from a far different perspective than most of my readers, Romanian or not. First you have to understand how much I hate … Continue reading Foggy Bottom Blues
Yesterday after going half-blind reading (and translating) all those Wikileaks cables, I realized there was heavy use of the word “interlocutor”. I for one was more familiar with its grammatical meaning but in the terms of these cables, it means something else: An interlocutor is someone who informally explains the views of a government and also can relay messages back to a government. Because an … Continue reading Interlocutors Eat Cheese
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