All of the following are real sentences that I’ve heard spoken with my own ears. Your job is to correctly guess the “school book” or standardized translation. Good luck! 1) Yesterday I went at the mall a) Yesterday I physically attacked the mall b) Yesterday I began to yell at the mall c) Yesterday I went to the mall d) Yesterday I began to argue … Continue reading E4R: Pop Quiz!
I came across this news that Cristian Sporis was named Deputy Finance Minister for the state treasury and noted that it was a remarkably unremarkable piece of news. Ho hum, another banker being appointed to help run a country’s finances, a move quite common everywhere from Italy to Greece to the United States and beyond. But it got me to thinking about banking in general. … Continue reading Highway to Hell
Yeah! Setting the Romanian blog world on fire :) BTW here’s my all-time favorite screencap from my last appearance on TV: BTW there is nothing cooler than the fake (but real) shot of downtown Unicorn City behind me. YESSSS! Continue reading Number 507
You know even though I love to joke about it, learning the Romanian language was (and still is sometimes) a very difficult and arduous process. I’ve made every mistake there is and been laughed at plenty. Heck I still sometimes get messages from people telling me I can’t speak it. Still though, about one thing that never fails to cheer me up is listening to … Continue reading We No Speak Romaniano
To truly understand this story I’ve got to first tell you another story, one that I’ve never spoken about publicly. In fact, I think that there are only three people in the whole world who knew about it before today. A lot of you know that I used to live in Spain, which is a wonderful and beautiful country with delightful people, gorgeous weather, delicious … Continue reading Down at the New Amsterdam
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