Well it seems that every few months I’ve got to post a new article on Gypsies so here we go with another bit of clarification. Certainly you can find all of my previous posts on the subject by clicking here or reading all of my posts under the relevant category (articles on the main page are grouped by category). Since I’ve met so many foreigners … Continue reading Black and Blue
Well folks, if you’ve been visiting this website here lately, you’ve probably noticed a few changes. Some are rather minor cosmetic ones and others are a little more substantial. If you’re a long-time reader from way back, the biggest change you’ve probably noticed is that I’ve been posting more often here recently. Writing, Ahoy! Back in December I wrote a post called Batting a Thousand. … Continue reading Ch-Ch-Changes
As Europeans began their centuries long business of exploration, subjugation, genocide, slavery and colonization of lands inhabited by the indigenous peoples (“Indians”) of the Americas, it isn’t surprising that along the way they adopted native words into their own language for the plants, animals and activities that they encountered. Modern English has hundreds of words in regular use that were originally native words. Just yesterday … Continue reading WOTD: Cauciuc
My cat Mr. Zig (shown here on a sunnier day – lately it’s been raining “cats and dogs”, excuse the expression) will serve as a placeholder for the moment as I begin tinkering around with a few things here on the site. More details to come shortly (I promise) but the short version is that soon there will be a lot more activity on the … Continue reading Sunnier Daze
Yesterday was a bit of a banner day here in Unicorn City as a delegation from Rotherham, England (an official “sister city” of Cluj) as well as the prosaic British Ambassador to Romania, Martin Harris (who both has his own blog as well as an active presence on Twitter) were on hand to dedicate a British style call box (US: telephone booth) and thank many … Continue reading On Her Majesty’s Public Service
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