50 de Bani and Ursuletul de Aur practice their Romanian language skills. UPDATE: YouTube is being a nut, saying there’s “copyright” music from Comcast in this video so it’s being blocked just about everywhere. If you can’t see it, click here. Continue reading La Revedere, Dog
The other day I was riding a bus in Cluj through a specific neighborhood when I saw something that brought a smile to my eyes. Right there on B-dul Titulescu is a large sign for a small hardware store that sells tools and drills and those kinds of things. And through a slightly odd series of events, it was I myself who hung up that … Continue reading Slang Word of the Day: Profi
Sooner or later in Romania, someone is going to mention the concept of PCR (pay-chay-ray). But what is it? And what do those initials stand for? Actually they can stand for a lot of things, including Partidul Communist Roman or the Communist Party of Romania (of which I am the sole remaining official member). In the current sense however, what PCR stands for is Pile, … Continue reading PCR
A few days ago, I wrote a post with a link to the old BUG Mafia song “Cine E Cu Noi” which I believe was released in 1999. That song holds a particularly special place in my heart because it was still quite popular in early 2000 when I first came to Romania and I heard it hundreds, if not thousands, of times. I went … Continue reading Slang Word of the Day: Gabor
Someone recently asked me if I’m a linguist, and I’m afraid I replied in a somewhat saucy manner simply because the question tickles me. In all seriousness, no I am not a linguist. I can barely speak English good on a day :P I do, however, greatly enjoy languages, especially their quirks and oddities. One of them is the Romanian word for a body part, … Continue reading The Mysterious Case of the Foot Leg
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