Step 1 – Speak Italian and Spanish and then laugh and dismiss with a wave the Romanian language. After all they’re all Romance languages, no? Practically all the same. Step 2 – Meet some Romanians in the United States, ask ’em to tell you a bunch of words. Only remember one – opt – meaning the number eight. Really. The first day I showed up … Continue reading How I Learned Romanian in 37 Easy Steps
I was riding my exercise bicycle, watching a new (to me) show called Breaking Bad. It’s an American TV show about a lot of arguing and yelling and tragic faces and whatnot. (Ok actually it’s a little more complicated than that – LOL) But I almost fell off of my bike because a minor character that appears only in the first (pilot) episode was “Bogdan”, … Continue reading Romanians in TV/Film – Breaking Bad
Over the years, I’ve met a few poor bastards who were trying to learn the Romanian language. Most of these people were ethnic Hungarians and so have a genuine need-to-know so they can operate and live in this country. The rest? Poor saps who fell in love with a Romanian person, usually Foreign Guy meets Beautiful Can’t Live Without Her Romanian Girl. Sigh. I guess … Continue reading A Few Useful Phrases
Oh the sun is shining and I think it’s going to be a beautiful day. Yes! It’s been rainy and cold and “Scotland” style weather here and now we’re back to NORMAL so I feel great. I’m also listening to Nu-i pamant ca Ardealul (which means “There’s no place quite like Transylvania”) and in the beginning the guy gives a little speech which starts out: … Continue reading Sunday Morning
Even though both Russia and Romania begin with an “R” and were both at one time Communist nations, there’s actually nothing very Russian about Romania at all – despite what total fucking idiots continue to think. Yes, it’s true that at one time Russian was a language studied in high school. But the same is true that in America people used to study Latin. Have … Continue reading Hey, hey we’re the Lipoveni!
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