Sometimes you really can’t make this shit up. Link is in Romanian but my translation of the first paragraph is: Because there are no commercial banks in Romania which support agriculture, Romania needs a bank to finance agriculture and help farmers said the Minister of Agriculture, Stelian Fuia. Jeez, if I remember correctly, Romania used to have an Agriculture Bank. In fact, they had one … Continue reading Dude, Have You Seen My Bank?
Well for those of you who are Orthodox believers, I wish you a Happy Easter! Now please don’t eat too much even though yes, I know, Grandma is pushing you to have another bite :) Continue reading Happy Easter
Well I’m having a devil of a time finding a place to host my little compendium of TV clips that show Romanians. YouTube is insistent on blocking 90% of what I’m doing due to so-called “copyright violations” (to me a short clip with attribution is hardly stealing, not to mention I’m not trying to sell or profit off of this in any way) and Trilulilu, … Continue reading It Rhymes With Forint
Well I see that once again it’s time for TEDxCluj. You might remember my piece on this last year as well as my follow-up here. I never did quite get any answers to my questions, only snobby attitudes and stupidity. Well here is the line-up for this year’s event. If you’re Romanian you probably know who Mihaela Radulescu is and her current husband, who assures … Continue reading Yea or Nay?
I had to laugh because although I just formally learned the word imbulzeala (em-boolzy-ala) the other day, visitors and foreign residents in Romania have been asking me about the phenomenon for years. This is a classic Romanian word, constructed from a root word bulz, which means something like “clot” or “clump” or “clod”. As DEX helpfully informs us, when your mamaliga gels into a little … Continue reading WOTD: Imbulzeala
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